What are the words that come to mind when you think of diamonds? Sparkle, romance, engagement, Marilyn Monroe, Tiffany, forever… But there’s much more to diamonds than weddings and pop culture. Diamonds are a wearable gemstone with a long history. From ancient times till today, myths abound about the power and value of diamonds. Of course, […]
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Not a month goes by without diamond industry news that involves the new trend of lab grown diamonds. In this month’s SPECTRUM, read an original take on De Beers’ move to lab grown, in an article featured on Quartzy. We’re also going big on the bling with a tweet from CNN about the world’s most […]
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Every rough diamond contains a world of possibilities. There are many ways that a rough diamond can be cut and polished to create saleable, profitable diamonds. Over the past few decades, there has been a revolution in the way that rough diamonds are planned, due to the development of optics technologies that provide accurate internal […]
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This edition of Spectrum diamond news and trends is a fascinating roundup that takes us deep into the debate about lab grown and mined diamonds, then 750 kilometers beneath the earth to where blue diamonds form. From there we travel into the minds of millennial consumers, with a recent study about their jewelry buying habits. […]
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China is the world’s fastest growing diamond market. Retail sales of jewelry, gold and silver increased 6% year on year, to just over $3 billion this year, as reported by the Chinese Statistics Bureau. The province of Guangdong, and specifically Guangzhou City, are a locus of this booming activity. Guangdong: The Heart of Diamond Manufacturing […]
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The diamond industry has been chattering about blockchain for some years now. In fact, the Everledger company, one of the first to focus on diamonds in the blockchain, was founded back in 2015. It has already tracked 2 million diamonds. Recently however, concrete steps have been taken to start using blockchain diamonds in practice on […]
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For anyone in the diamond and jewelry industry, last week was a big one – the annual JCK show was held in Las Vegas. Touted as one of the most important diamond and jewelry trade shows in the US, JCK, which runs annually in late May to early June, is a good example of the […]
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If you’re new to our SPECTRUM series, welcome aboard! Every now and again, we bring you a roundup of the latest diamond industry news, and we publish it here at The Diamond Blog. Whether it’s a diamond retail trend making waves, a scientific discovery about diamonds, or an insider view of the industry, we scour […]
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Welcome back to the Diamond Blog! We’ve been on a bit of a hiatus recently as we focused on creating our new website for the Sarine Technology Lab, the world’s first AI-based automated diamond grading lab. Now, we’re getting back to delivering up-to-date news and perspectives from the diamond industry, and we thought we’d re-start […]
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Sarine Technologies recently announced its venture into diamond grading. With the use of new and advanced technologies, diamond grading is entering a new era of reliability and, accuracy.
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