Photo above- Christie’s On Thursday the 11th of June at New York a rare blue diamond fetched approximately $3.6 million-US$3,554,,500 or US$565,000 a carat at Christie’s Spring Jewellery Sale. The blue diamond, a pear cut 6.29-carat fancy intense blue stone was purchased by an anonimous buyer. The auction held at the Rockefeller plaza (sale […]
India’s gold jewellery exports fell 6.8% for the period April-May (compared to the same period last year) to US$ 1.09 billion. The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) noted that the drop in gold exports was due to the global economic downturn. Vasant Mehta, the Chairman of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council […]
Photo above -Exhibitors at the Yuvelir Vesna Show, courtsey NGJA. The National Gem and Jewellery Authority Sri Lanka (NGJA), in a recent press release has noted the opportunities for Sri Lankan gems in Russia. The press release was issued after the return of a delegation to Russia, comprising of an official of the NGJA and […]
For the first time in its over 100 year history the Borsheims jewelry store at Omaha cut 13 jobs. It reduced 4.6% of its workers. It now has 267 workers. Borsheims President and CEO, Susan Jacques said” The loss of our staff members is devastating. This is the absolute last thing we wanted to do. […]
Photo above: Dr Dietmar Schwarz, Research Manager, Gubelin Gemological Laboratory. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Thailand has announced that it will hold its 25th gemstone gathering on the 24th of June 2009. The presentation “Colored Gemstones- Mines and Market” will be presented by Dr Dietmar Schwarz, Research Manager Gubelin Gemological Laboratory. The presentation will […]
Photo above: Venue of the Mid Year (June) Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The annual mid-year (June) Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair is to be held from the 18th to 21st June 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC). This year over 1000 exhibitors […]
Robbers got away with over $500,000 worth of high end watches in a daring daylight robbery at the Boyds store, Philadelphia on Thursday the 4th of June. The incident happened around 2:15 pm .Boyds is located at 18th Chestnut street. The robbery was carried out by four armed men who entered the jewelry store in […]
MineCore International in a recent press release has discussed the non gemstone sapphire market and mining. Sapphire (corundum) is aluminum oxide (Al2O3) . Lower grade sapphires which cannot be used as gemstones can be melted to produce wafers with purity greater than 99.9999%. These wafers can be supplied to the semiconductor and solar industries thereby […]
Photograph above: Ammolite gemstones. Copyright MineCore. MineCore International, one of the leading gemstone exploration company’s in the world has recently discussed about the rarest gemstone, Ammolite and its deposits in a press release. MineCore has access to the worlds only gem quality ammolite deposit located in Cananda. Ammolite gemstone is produced from the fossil Ammonite. […]
The Environmental Geology program of Lander University ,College of Science and Mathematics received a rare mineral specimen which was donated by Dr. Dan Robinson Jr. a Green wood county physician. The rare mineral was from his personal collection of gemstones and crystals. According to Greenwood Today the rare mineral has an appraised value of USD […]