By Erika W. Online retailer D.NEA has opened the world's first synthetic diamond jewelry boutique in Greenville, South Carolina. D.NEA is known to be the largest producer of jewelry-quality synthetic diamonds by color variety, carat weight, and quantity. "Customers can now see the full variety and availabil...
D.NEA Opens World’s First Synthetic Diamond Jewelry Store CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika W. NGO Global Witness withdraws from the Kimberley Process and the Responsible Jewellery Council delays "chain-of-custody" plans amid industry criticism. Idex - Global Witness Leaves Kimberley Process NGO Global Witness today announced that it has left the Kimberley Process (KP), the internati...
Kimberley Process – Fair Trade Diamond News Roundup December 2011 CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters Rio Tinto Diamonds announced the winners of its Global Design Competition. Nine winners were selected from a reported record number of entries from the US, Canada, Australia, India, China and Hong Kong. The entrants submitted jewelry designs for the four categories of Champagne, Silvermist, C...
Rio Tinto’s Global Design Competition Winners Announced CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika Winters Leibish & Co. secured winning bids for six of fifty-five pink diamonds at Rio Tinto's annual Argyle Pink Diamond Tender. The fancy color diamond retailer has participated in the invitation-only event for several years and also acquired six diamonds at the 2010 tender. The Argyle mine prod...
Tickled Pink, Leibish & Co. Wins at the 2011 Argyle Pink Diamond Tender CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika W. L’Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels is set to open February 2012 at the company's Paris headquarters in Place Vendome. The school is open to anyone with a passion for jewelry, and enrollment for the February sessions begins on November 15. "L'Ecole offers a unique opportunity to discover and learn for thos...
Van Cleef & Arpels to Open Jewelry School CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika W. Researchers at Ehime University in Matsuyama, Japan, have created the first perfectly spherical diamond, according to a report from the Daily Yomiuri. The 4ct lab-created diamond has a 7.5mm diameter and is called Hime, a diamond variety produced by the university's Geodynamics Research Center. The la...
Lab Creates World’s First Perfectly Spherical Diamond CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika W. Some of the latest stories in Kimberley Process & Fair Trade Diamond news... Israeli Diamond News - WFDB President Urges Rough Diamond Trade to Respect Kimberley Process On the eve of the 2011 Plenary of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), the President of the World Federation ...
Kimberley Process – Fair Trade Diamond News Roundup October 2011 CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
By Erika W. On October 24, the American Gem Trade Association announced the winners of the 2012 Spectrum and Cutting Edge Awards celebrating innovation in jewelry design and lapidary arts. 454 entrants were judged at the annual competition, which was held October 22-23 in New York City. Enjoy highlights...
2012 AGTA Spectrum Award Winners Announced CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST
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