Formula 1 star Charles Leclerc has followed in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo and Justin Bieber by proposing with a heavy oval-shaped diamond. The Ferrari driver gifted fashion icon Alexandra [...]
From salt & pepper intrigue to rose-cut elegance and rare fancy-colors, natural diamonds with character are shaping global demand. Retailers: here’s what to focus on in 2026; Salt & [...]
US jewelry sales at the start of the holiday season are up to 20% above those of the previous year, according to respondents who took part in a Rapaport News survey. An additional 11% of those [...]
As of 1 September, 6:01 a.m. CET, 2025 (backdated), the United States applies new country-specific tariffs on diamond imports via Annex II, a list of certain products that can be exempt from [...]
Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s will offer The Crown Coin, which marked Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, at its upcoming auction later this month. The 24-karat gold coin contains 6,426 [...]
Na trouwjurken, sneakers, eau de parfum en designzonnebrillen duikt budgetkledingmerk Zeeman nu de wereld van diamanten in. Het resultaat: een synthetische diamant ofwel een diamant uit een labo [...]
Het diamantlaboratorium HRD Antwerp reikt al sinds 1973 certificaten uit die de echtheid bevestigen en de kwaliteit van diamanten beschrijven. Sinds meer dan tien jaar deed het labo, dat op vijf [...]
GIA Moves to Redefine Lab-Grown Diamond Grading, Signaling Clearer Divide from Natural Diamonds The world’s leading authority in gemology is redefining lab grown diamond grading by dropping the [...]
President Donald Trump has put a three-month hold on most of his recently announced reciprocal tariffs, lowering the rate to 10% for nearly all countries. At the same time, he has hiked the taxes [...]
The European Union will not include polished diamonds in the countermeasure package it has put together in response to the new US reciprocal tariffs. The move would have caused “significant harm” [...]