Christie’s Auction House announced recently the holding of its live Hong Kong Magnificient Jewels Sale bearing No. 19860, on Sunday, 23 rd May, 2021, featuring an outstanding selection of exquisite gemstones, jadeite and stunning iconic signed pieces from famous jewellery houses, showcasing the very best of luxury. Top Lot of the Sale, according to the […]
London-listed Petra Diamonds Ltd. Owners of the historic Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa, announced on April 1st, 2021, the recovery of a 39.34-carat, Type IIb blue diamond of exceptional quality, both in terms of its color and clarity, at the high-value extension of the old deposit, known as the Cullinan’s C-Cut Area. The Company […]
Buddha Bhatta’s “Ratna Pariksha” an ancient treatise on the science of testing gemstones, as mentioned in Kautilya’s “Arthashastra” published between 323 and 299 BC, was used in ancient times to control the trade on pearls, diamonds and colored gemstones. Hence, the first grading system for diamonds, pearls and colored gemstones was developed by ancient Indians […]
In keeping with their October 13, 2020, Press Release, the Gemological Institute of America has started issuing new Lab Grown Diamond Reports (LGDR) with 4Cs color and clarity specifications instead of the descriptive terms and grade ranges, previously used for laboratory-grown diamonds. This is in keeping wiith GIA’s policy of protecting consumers as consumer interest […]
Gem Diamonds Ltd. (LSE : GEMD), owners of the Letseng Diamond Mine in Lesotho and the Ghaghoo Mine in Botswana, announcing its full year results for the year ending 31st December, 2020, on 11th March, 2021, said the Company realised a total revenue of US$ 189.6 million as opposed to US$ 182.0 million for the […]
London-listed Petra Diamonds Ltd, owners of the historic Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa, announced on 5th March, 2021, the sale at their Antwerp Tender, of a top-quality, 299.3-carat, white rough diamond recovered at their Cullinan mine in January, 2021, for a staggering US$12.18 million, to Stargems DMCC, Dubai-based arm of the Antwerp diamond supplier. […]
Following the discovery of a diamond simulant Moissanite with a fraudulent GIA inscription, at GIA’s Johannesburg Laboratory, South Africa, as reported in the 2020 Falls Edition of GIA’s Quarterly Journal, Gems & Gemology, released in mid-January, the Gemological Institute of America has reported more detections of “Impostor” diamonds with fake inscriptions. These diamonds were either […]
Philadelphia-based, 26-year old, two-time Grammy nominee, US rapper Lil Uzi Vert, whose real name is Symere Bysil Woods and who has a special love for blings to boost his image, shocked millions of his followers on Instagram early February, when he displayed his latest fashion stunt, by posting images and video of him with a […]
The 2020 Falls Edition of GIA’s Quarterly Journal, Gems & Gemology released in mid-January reported a sensational news of the discovery for the first time of a fradulent GIA inscription on a diamond simulant Moissanite, at their Johannesburg Laboratory in South Africa. The diamond simulant was presented to the GIA Johannesburg Laboratory as a 1.02-carat, […]
Lucara Diamond Corporation in a press release dated January 26, 2021, just 12 days after the announcment of the recovery of the first large rough diamond for the year, the 341-carat top white, gem-quality diamond, on January 14, 2021, announced the surprising recovery of a second +300-carat gem-quality, top white diamond, from their 100% owned […]