The 77 th Primetime Emmy Awards saw celebrities light up the red carpet with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and onyx gemstones in all shapes and sizes. The stars pulled out all the stops at the Los ...

Vast Resources will sell diamonds later this month from parcels the Zimbabwean government held for 15 years and finally released in April. Approximately 135,000 carats of gem-quality stones seized in ...

Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) has filed a lawsuit in the Namibian high court accusing security provider G4S of failing to prevent the January robbery that saw millions in diamonds stolen and a worker ...

Independent US jewelers are helping keep the diamond industry on track amid considerable challenges for the market. Major retailers are buying less than in past years and shifting more to lab-grown.

The American Gem Society (AGS) has granted Al Gilbertson its Robert M. Shipley award for his contributions to gemological research, education and service to the organization. Gilbertson graduated as a ...

The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) intends to revisit its 2010 decision to allow the terms “laboratory-grown” and “laboratory-created” as alternatives for “synthetic,” deeming them harmful to ...

US consumer spending for the holiday season will see its slowest rise in six years as shoppers lay out more on necessities than on nonessentials like jewelry, a Bain & Company survey has found. Sales ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently examined two diamonds, submitted separately, which both contained star-shaped patterns stemming from clouds of dark micro-inclusions. The first ...

Phillips will offer a bracelet with 16.09 carats of emeralds at its upcoming Hong Kong sale, where it could bring in up to HKD 4 million ($513,000). The piece features 14 graduated step-cut Colombian ...

Fellows Auctioneers has appointed former Bonhams executive Robin Hereford as its new chairman. Hereford brings more than 25 years of experience in the auction industry to the role, Fellows said ...

Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA) has awarded $9,000 in scholarships to four aspiring jewelry designers to support them through their training. The Future of Jewelry Making grant ...

Sales at Watches of Switzerland have been strong despite tariffs, with customers purchasing more in both the US and UK markets during the first half. “Performance in both markets is encouraging,” the ...