DIAMOND TERMINOLOGY GUIDELINE – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTRODUCTION AND REFERENCE Six of the leading industry organizations have developed this guideline to encourage full, fair and effective use of a clear and accessible terminology for diamonds, laboratory-grown diamonds and imitations of diamonds by all sector bodies, organizations and traders in the United States of America. […]
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ALROSA has launched the first ‘True Colours’ auction of large coloured diamonds; Hong Kong – 14 September, 2018 – ALROSA, the largest diamond mining company in the world, presented the first of its kind collection of large coloured diamonds at the Hong Kong Jewelry & Gem Fair. This is a stepping stone of a new
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WFDB Welcomes De Beers Report on Record Diamond Jewelry Sales in 2017; Antwerp, Belgium – September 14, 2018: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has welcomed the De Beers Group’s Diamond Insight Report which shows diamond jewelry sales in 2017 at a record $82 billion. In addition, the report finds that the Millennial and
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Diamond Education Courses in China IIDGR TO PARTNER WITH NGTC TO EXTEND DIAMOND EDUCATION COURSES OFFERING IN CHINA The International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR), part of De Beers Group, is pleased to announce that it will partner with the National Gemstone Testing Centre (NGTC), China’s leading authority in the testing and inspection
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Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company 2 Million Carats State-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has produced two million carats of diamonds from January to date, reflecting a 47 percent increase from 1.3 million carats during the same period last year. Increased investments in the mining sector and processing capacity by the ZCDC have lead to the
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Tango Mining Angola Alluvial Diamond Project; Signs Service Agreement VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tango Mining Limited (“Tango” or the “Company”) (TSXV:TGV) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Services Agreement for Mining and Marketing of Diamonds with Cooperativa Mineira Do Moquita, SCRL (“Moquita”) on a 147 square kilometer (“km”)
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Real Reason We Buy Diamonds Most of us presume proposing with a diamond engagement ring is just part and parcel of getting married, but this tradition hasn’t actually been around all that long. It was dream’t up by some smart De Beers advertising and has since changed the entire diamond market. (Video Source: Bloomberg) How
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South Africa Rough Diamonds – Course The South Africa Rough Diamonds Course is a two week course, designed to develop your experience of the gemology of rough diamonds through techniques such as marking, sorting, planning and Evaluation of Rough Diamond. Each lesson will be focused around both theory and practical of various techniques. Classes run from 8.30am
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Round -1 point: Good demand: $300-$650 whites. -2 point: Fair demand: $300-$450 whites. 2-7 point: Fair demand: $300-$450 whites. 8-18 point: Fair demand: $350-$600 whites. 20 points: Fair demand: +$500 whites. 25 points: Fair demand: +$500 whites. 33 points: Good demand: +$700 whites. Fair demand: -$700 whites. 50 points: Good demand: +$1000 whites. Fair demand:
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The Gemological Institute of America reported its highest-ever single swoop of synthetic diamonds masquerading as naturals this summer. 1,101 artificial stones out of a parcel of 1,102 were synthetic diamonds. Efforts to pass off synthetic Diamonds melee have increased exponentially since the GIA offered its detection service in 2016, said the GIA. But while synthetic
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