Titan Officially Launches First Lab Grown Collection
June 07, 26
Titan Company officially launched beYon, its first foray into the lab-grown market, on 3 June, marking a strategic pivot for India's largest branded jewelry maker by value. Titan had long resisted lab growns, and even now it is selling them only at.... Read More...
102-ct Blue Sapphire Sells for Almost $2m
June 07, 26The Peacock of Ceylon, a 102.40-carat unmounted sapphire, sold for CHF 1.55 million, or about USD 1.98 million, at Sotheby's Geneva, affirming the strength of the market for unheated colored stones. The cushion-shaped gem was described by... Read More...
Blancpain Recreates Marilyn's Ladybird Watch
June 04, 26Swiss watchmaker Blancpain has recreated seven unique versions of Marilyn Monroe's iconic diamond-encrusted Ladybird watch, to mark the centenary of her birth (1 June 1926). Her original, much-beloved Art Deco watch resurfaced at a 2016... Read More...
Petra Suspends Operations at Finsch
June 04, 26Petra has suspended operations at its Finsch mine, in South Africa, blaming "an unprecedentedly weak diamond market" compounded by tensions in the Middle East and a strong rand. The loss-making UK-based miner said there had been "a structural shift ... Read More...
Lesotho's Biggest Diamond Mine Halts Operations
June 03, 26The Kao diamond mine, in Lesotho, is to halt operations at the end of this month. Loss-making operators Storm Mountain blames a slump in sales, together with a crippling rise in fuel prices as a result of conflict in the Middle East. It also said growing... Read More...
Memo by
June 04Marilyn Monroe and Catherine the Great - icons separated by two centuries, but each of them still an active brand ambassador . . . for diamonds. This week was the centenary of Marilyn's birth (1 June 1926) - with exhibitions, celebrations and ... Read More...