Ronaldo's Bride Wears Queen of Kalahari Collection
August 20, 26
Spanish-Argentine model and TV personality Georgina RodrÃguez wed Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo last week, wearing gems from a six-piece high-jewelry suite that was cut from a single 342-carat rough diamond. Chopard acquired... Read More...
Swiss Lab Expands Spray-On DNA Tech to Diamonds
August 20, 26A Swiss gem-lab company is expanding its spray-on DNA-based technology, currently used on emeralds, to polished melee diamonds. Provenance Proof, an independent subsidiary of Gubelin Gem Lab, says it has begun using synthetic-DNA nanoparticles... Read More...
Jewelry Murder: Killer's Wife Jailed for Conspiracy
August 19, 26The wife of a man jailed in October 2025 for the murder of a US jeweler has herself been sentenced, for "planning and concealing" the crime. Amanda Ileana Hernandez, 34, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, pleaded no contest in July 2026 and was sentenced last... Read More...
Decline in US Jewelry Businesses Slows Slightly
August 18, 26The decline in the number of US jewelry businesses slowed slightly in the second quarter of 2026. The total number of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers dipped by 1.5% year-on-year, according to the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT)... Read More...
Russia Curbs Open Rough Market, Introduces 8% Export Duty on Diamonds
August 18, 26Russia is replacing its largely commercial rough-diamond sales model with a regulated group of approved cutters that will effectively avoid a new 8% export duty on rough and partially processed diamonds. The move ties access to cheap stones to membership .... Read More...
Memo by John Jeffay
August 20The world's second-biggest rough diamond has, finally, found a buyer. The discovery in August 2024 of what is now known as the Motswedi diamond, at Lucara's Karowe mine, in Botswana, grabbed headlines far beyond the diamond media. At 2,488 carats ... Read More...