On Monday Apple unveiled its new smart watch to consumers, it is available in two sizes. Starting at $350.00 USD for the entry level model, and rising up to $10.000 for the 18K gold version the new iwatch is set to change the way we look at watches. While 10.000 will get you the standard … Read more
Fancy coloured diamonds are fast overtaking the colourless white gems as a safe long term investment option. The Fancy Colour Research Foundation (FCRF) latest research shows that fancy colour diamonds have outperformed white diamonds prices. Natural fancy diamonds come in many different colours including the rare blue, orange, pink, red, and greens are achieving higher … Read more
Rapaport has announced that will be opening its melee auction in the Hong Kong International Diamond show, the auction consists of premium quality diamond parcels in all shapes. Limited spaces are available and viewing is by appointment only. Rapaport will auction the record 98,000 carats of diamonds. Director of Global Trading, Ezi Rapaport, said "all … Read more
Causes of colour in heat treated brown diamonds and synthetic brown diamonds are similar to treated pink diamonds.
The flooding of synthetic diamonds in the industry is threatening long term sustainability of Rough and Polished. Bruce Cleaver Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs said “duds” were threatening profitability. And the impact of synthetic diamonds is more severe when manufactures don’t disclose Synthetics to the market. APA estimates total market value of synthetic diamonds … Read more
The Surat Diamond Association detected synthetic diamonds in a parcel belonging to two diamond traders in Varachha the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing centre. The parcel was sold by Ramesh Mavani a diamond merchant, who had purchased it from one Chandu Sheta. The Natural Diamond Monitoring Committee is dealing with the investigation. A committee … Read more
De Beers Group to invest around $3bn over ten years on diamond mining operations in its key South African mine Venetia. De Beers reported operating profit of $1.4bn USD up 36% year on year, due to higher demand and increased production. Diamond production was up 5% to 32.6m carats, largely to the production of Debswana … Read more
A rare Emerald shape 100.20 ct diamond, originally mined in South Africa by De Beers will showcase the Sotheby’s Auction. The diamond is one of only six of equal quality ever to be sold at auction, and could sell for $25 million. The size, quality of the cut and colour make this gem extremely rare because … Read more
Fancy Coloured diamonds popularity and price has risen globally, partly driven by Asian investors. Fancy Orange, Pink, Yellow, and Blue diamonds have appreciated over 150 % according to the Fancy Colour Research Foundation. Hong Kong and China represent 40% of sales of the fancy coloured diamond sales; this demand of the extremely rare colours is … Read more
Armed robbers forced customers and staff to the floor, and then ordered one worker to open the jewellery cases. The robbers made off with an unknown number of diamonds from the Tiffany & Co. store in San Francisco. Sgt. Monica McDonald said authorities were viewing footage from surveillance cameras in the Westfield San Francisco Centre … Read more