Three Seattle based jewelry designers Nicole Curz, Shamila Jiwa and Clare Kittle have been designing jewelry inspired by Bollywood. Nicole Cruz also a painter and sketch artist was inspired by jewelry in old Bollywood movies. Her jewelry collection known as Yen Jewellery Collection has been featured in Lucky magazine. Her jewelry which is embedded with […]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Argyle mines, Rio Tinto’s 2009 Argyle Pink Diamond Tender is offering 43 pink diamonds of exceptional quality. The tender also includes 4 heart shaped pink diamonds. The tender titled grand passions is said to comprise of 43 of the rarest pink diamonds from the Argyle Diamond Mine. Presently […]
On Tuesday according to the Australian Bureau of statistics (ABARE) , Australias diamond production increased by 9% to 18.022 million carats during the current fiscal year which ends on June 30th 2009.However ABARE noted that it expects the diamond production to drop by 30% to 12.6 million carats in the next fiscal year. 92% of […]
At Windhoek, Namibia over 200 delegates are meeting from Tuesday to review efforts in preventing diamonds from funding armed conflicts in developing countries. The three day long meeting will be hosted by Namibia, which is currently heading the Kimberley Process. The main aim of the meeting will be to further control the illegal diamond trade […]
26 arrests were made in France in connection with the multimillion dollar Harry Winston Jewelry robbery that took place on December 2008. Police also recovered stolen rings, watches and necklaces and 250,000 euros in cash. Investigators were monitoring the suspects for many months. The investigators learnt that some foreign nationals were due to arrive to […]
Rand Diamonds a sightholder and a subsidiary of the U.S luxury retailer Tiffany and Co. will go ahead with plans to expand in Botswana despite the economic recession. This was disclosed on Mmegi Online. Vice President of Tiffany James Fernandez, during a visit to Botswana last week noted that there was no plan to reconsider […]
Most of the gemstone miners of Sri Lanka are forced to pull out of their mining jobs. According to a recent report by the Sunday Times of Sri Lanka the miners cited numerous reasons for pulling out of the industry, top on the list was the endless bureaucratic red tape and the global economic downturn. […]
Diamonds international has launched its sixth outlet at the recently refurbished Departures Lounge at the Malta International Airport. Its flagship store was launched at Portomaso only six months ago. According to Karl Micallef, Director of Diamonds International “the store was designed by a team of Italian designers.The decor of the store is similar to our […]
The 14th annual Paget Sound Bead Festival is said to take place from 10th to 12th of July 2009 at the Hotel Murano Bicentennial Pavilion- 1320 Broadway in Tacoma WA. An increase in attendance is expected because “beading is something that can fit every budget. Making jewelry is now more about fashion than about crafting” […]
Forevermark has unveiled the exclusive Forevermark Precious Collection (TM- Trade Mark) in Japan. According to a recent press release by Forevermark, behind each Forevermark diamond is a precious story. Since time immemorial diamonds have inspired countless myths, tales and legends. In today’s context this could be a love pledge, personal celebration, enduring love or a […]