Diamonds

Een pas opgedolven ruwe diamant van 442 karaat zou over de toonbank kunnen gaan voor ruim 15 miljoen euro.  Terwijl de luxewereld de laatste maanden op een lager toerental draait, is de markt [...]

New York-based diamond collector and wholesaler L.J. West has purchased a 6.21-carat fancy-intense-pink-purple diamond from Alrosa. The stone, one of three the Russian miner cut and polished from [...]

Mouawad has manufactured a 54.21-carat polished yellow stone, which, it claims, is the largest of its shape and color the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has ever graded. The company named [...]

Alrosa has unearthed a rough stone weighing nearly 200 carats from its Udachnaya pipe, its largest in more than two years, the company said Tuesday. The 191.46-carat stone, which is white with a [...]

The top-selling piece at auction this year was the Pink Legacy, a rectangular-cut, 18.96-carat, fancy-vivid-pink diamond, which sold to Harry Winston for $50.4 million at Christie’s Geneva [...]

In het noorden van Canada is de grootste diamant ooit in Noord-Amerika ontdekt. Dat melden Canadese en Amerikaanse media. Hij heeft de grootte van een kippenei. De gele diamant met een gewicht [...]

Gem Diamonds has recovered a 138-carat stone from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho, bringing the company’s total number of 100-carat-plus discoveries this year to a record 12. The type lla rough [...]

Belgium saw a jump in rough and polished shipments in July, reflecting higher average prices, according to data the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) released this week. Imports and exports of [...]

Perpetraters removed stone from an unlocked display case. Two men stole a 20-carat diamond from an exhibitor’s booth at the JCK Las Vegas trade show, the Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) said [...]

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has introduced branded-cut names on grading reports. Proprietary-cut names will now appear alongside the diamond’s shape and a description of its [...]