Diamonds

US holiday retail sales rose compared to last year, with jewelry proving one of the most popular gifts to purchase on Black Friday, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. Electronics and apparel [...]

De Beers has launched a new marketing campaign, “Forever Present,” to boost demand for natural diamonds during the US holiday gifting season. The campaign, which reintroduces the iconic “A [...]

Giving jewelry as a gift for the holiday season will be most popular among Gen Z shoppers, according to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF). “Younger shoppers continue to [...]

The Aga Khan brooch achieved $8.8 million at a recent Christie’s sale in Geneva, beating its upper estimate and setting a world record for the most expensive emerald sold at auction. The brooch, [...]

Diamonds Do Good (DDG) has allocated more than $250,000 in grants to support initiatives in diamond-producing and manufacturing countries including Tanzania, India and Botswana. The grants focus [...]

Graders at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently came across some natural diamonds with interesting inclusions, some of which resembled animal life. A round, 1.55-carat, G-color, [...]

A Paraiba tourmaline and diamond ring was the star of a recent jewelry sale at Bonhams, where it brought in $533,900, nearly nine times its upper estimate. The piece, which contained a [...]

Welsh singer Dame Shirley Bassey, 87, famously sang about diamonds in the 1971 James Bond film and said she accepted the offer to sing the track as the lyrics “rang true to me and the way I felt [...]

A rare necklace containing approximately 300 carats of diamonds, some of which may have ties to Marie Antoinette, is set to hit the auction block at Sotheby’s in Geneva. The piece, which is [...]

Gem Diamonds has unearthed a 212.91-carat rough from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho, its 13th stone over 100 carats so far this year. The miner discovered the high-quality, type II diamond on [...]