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DCLA Diamonds has launched

Buying a diamond can be a difficult process. What should I buy? Where should I buy from? How much should I pay? How can I be sure of the quality? An emotional purchase can often result in overpaying or buying the wrong diamond. When it comes to diamonds, The customer is at a competitive disadvantage. … Read more

Pink Diamond sells for $18M at Christie’s Geneva

Christie’s a pink diamond at its Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva on Tuesday at $2 million per carat. The pear shaped 9.14 carat fancy vivid pink VS2 clarity diamond was sold for a total of $18.2 million. Sales at the auction totaled $97.1 million.

Bain Capital and Bow Street to acquired Blue Nile

In a surprise announcement, online jeweller Blue Nile has entered into an agreement to be acquired by an investor group managed by Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC. Bain Capital and Bow Street will acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Blue Nile common stock. The cash deal is valued at $500 … Read more

Graff Showcases the Graff Venus

The 118.78 carat type IIa diamond with no fluorescence and an excellent polish and symmetry. Is a record for a heart shape. The diamond was polished from a 357 carat rough recovered at the Letšeng mine in Lesotho in 2015. Gem Diamonds sold the rough for $19.3 million to an undisclosed buyer in September that … Read more

Large diamonds recovered at Lulo

Lucapa Diamond mining at the Lulo diamond project in Angola, have recovered two diamonds weighing 71 carats and 77 carats. large diamonds known as specials follow the recent recovery of top colour diamonds weighing 172, 104 and 72 carat white diamonds, and an exceptional 39 carat pink, the most valuable fancy coloured diamond to date … Read more

Personalise your diamond with the DCLA Cold laser.

Significant dates or names can be added to the girdle of the diamond. That is the outer rim of the stone. Cold Laser is great for making the stone one hundred percent identifiable, using a name, number of your choosing, even without certification. The Photoscribe cold laser inscription is the only laser guaranteed not to … Read more

Lucapa Finds 104ct. Diamond at Lulo Mine

Lucapa Diamond Company recovered a 104-carat, D color diamond. The type IIa stone is the fourth rough diamond above 100 carats extracted from the deposit this year and the fifth since operations began at its Lulo mine in Angola. The diamond is the latest special diamond found at Lulo weighing more than 10.8 carats. The … Read more

Laboratory created diamonds submitted to the DCLA

Tuesday 20th September. Two diamonds submitted to the DCLA laboratory by a Sydney jeweller were identified as laboratory created. No mention of treatments or origin were forthcoming as per the instruction of international industry bodies and associations. The diamonds are both high colour, one of VS1 clarity the other Si2 clarity. Both having no visual … Read more

HRD Uncovers Tampered Diamond Grading Reports

HRD Antwerp has invalidated 156 diamond grading certificates and fired three employees who accepted a financial incentive for tampering with the reports at its Mumbai laboratory. A Mumbai-based trader attempted to improve the grade of diamonds he submitted to the laboratory by enticing three full-time staff members, Peter Macken, HRD’s chief executive officer, told Rapaport … Read more