By Erika Winters Twenty-three U.S. jewelers and a U.S. refiner have joined together with artisanal mining communities in Peru to bring Fairmined gold to the U.S. market. The unique consortium, organized by non-profit organization Ethical Metalsmiths, is designed to support Fairmined certification standar...
Coming Soon: 23 U.S. Jewelers to Offer Fairmined Gold CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is hosting its Jewelry Career Fair & Open House in Carlsbad, California on October 11, 2013. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature hundreds of career opportunities in the gem and jewelry business in addition to panel disc...
Jewelry Job Opportunities at GIA’s Career Fair CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters ...and in rare blue diamond news, M.S. Rau Antiques has debuted the "Royal Blue," a 10.06-carat natural fancy-blue diamond. The remarkable blue diamond–set in a ring with 96 pink diamonds in rose gold and 62 white diamonds in platinum–is being offered by M.S. Rau for $9.8 million. ...
M.S. Rau Antiques Debuts 10-carat “Royal Blue” Diamond CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters The Aaron Faber Gallery will be featuring 23 jewelry artists in its upcoming "Genius of Nature" exhibition, which opens on October 3, 2013. With 75 jewelry designs, the show will explore the artists' interpretation of the natural world. “The works curated for this exhibition l...
“Genius of Nature” Jewelry Exhibition at the Aaron Faber Gallery in NYC CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters We're always on the hunt for innovative online shopping features, so when we learned about Ritani's new Custom Ring Designer, we had to check it out. The ring designer lets you choose from an almost endless array of styles–there are literally thousands–to create your ultimate dream engag...
Check Out Ritani’s New Design Your Own Ring Feature CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters If you missed the Lady Heart Diamond Collection exhibition, you're in luck, as the Los Angeles Natural History Museum has extended the temporary show until December 1, 2013. The exhibition features five red, pink, orange, yellow, and blue diamonds. The rare diamonds are all heart shapes ...
Fancy-Colored Diamond Exhibition at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters If you're looking for another excuse to visit the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, this 5.16-carat diamond find should do the trick! A very lucky Michael Dettlaff, age 12, of Apex, North Carolina, found the large rough brown diamond on July 31. According to park s...
5-Carat Diamond Found by 12-Year-Old Boy at Arkansas Park CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be featuring over 400 works by renowned jewelry designer, Joel Arthur Rosenthal, in a new exhibition, "Jewels by JAR," beginning on November 20, 2013. The exhibition, which runs through March 9, 2014, is the first retrospective of Rosenthal's work in t...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Present “Jewels by JAR” this November CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
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