It was something of a surprise to see Lightbox announce the launch of new marketing campaigns last week. The De Beers lab grown company said in June that it would no longer be manufacturing diamonds. And that sounded like it might be the end of the... Read More...

Diamond grading certs don't always tell the whole tale. Here's a collection of mostly are J to L color stones. Some are M and M+. They're an old mine brilliant cut, they weigh 1.0-cts to 1.5-cts each and clarity is only SI to I. But what we're looking at here.... Read More...

So the latest sanctions deadline came and went largely unnoticed, with none of the chaos and confusion that accompanied the 1 March ban. Back then, traders were required, for the first time, to provide documentary evidence that the diamonds they were importing... Read More...

Lab growns - a threat, an opportunity, or a bit of both? Their market share keeps rising, their prices keep falling and the entire industry feels the impact. Not least the diamond tech company Sarine, whose fortunes serve as something of a barometer for the wider world of  Read More...

Fancy color diamonds - pinks, blues, yellow and more - have long been seen as a safe haven for investors. They hold their value even when economic upheavals hit their colorless counterparts. As the prices of colorless diamonds fell during every quarter of 2022... Read More...

"There's nobody in living memory that has ever seen or held a stone of this size." William Lamb, CEO of Lucara, is beyond excited as he tells me about the 2,492-carat diamond recovered last week from the company's Karowe mine, in Botswana.... Read More...

The lab grown bubble has burst, prices have hit rock bottom and natural diamonds are making a comeback. That's one way of looking at things. Lab growns will, within a decade, represent "the vast majority" of all diamonds sold. That's another. Take your pick... Read More...

Nobody in the diamond industry, it seems, has been untouched by the rise and rise of lab growns. Even high end jewelers, with inventory way beyond the price range of typical lab grown buyers, are feeling the effects. One example is fine jewelry brand... Read More...

When shopping for diamonds, people want to know how the stone will look on their finger or in a necklace. They're less concerned with technical grades and more interested in the diamond's appearance in real-life settings. The diamond industry has relied on the... Read More...

Customs officers at the Port of Louisville, in Kentucky, USA, seized three shipments of counterfeit jewelry in a 24-hour period last month. The goods had been fraudulently branded with Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Gucci, Dior, Prada, Bvlgari, Van Cleef and Arpels... Read More...