The Polishing Wheel
Preparation and Material For the Perfect Diamond One of the most important parts to polish a diamond is the polishing wheel. More specifically: a well-prepared polishing wheel. Nowadays there are various ready-to-use preparations to lubricate the wheel. This is often a mix of diamond powder, oil and a volatile liquid. Thanks to the latter, the […]
Diamond Outlook 2021: Market poised for growth
Production decreases at mines around the globe, retail closures and fractured supply chains weighed heavily on the diamond sector in 2020. Declines in mine output were countered by a drop in sales, softening some of the impact. Demand fundamentals later improved during the second half of the year, though supply stayed depressed. Moving forward, the […]
Israel optimistic after heavy trading slump
Image: Polished goods in a case at the 2016 edition of International Diamond Week in Israel. (Shutterstock) Leaders of Israel’s diamond sector expressed confidence in a recovery after strong trading in the final months of last year offered hope that the worst of the coronavirus crisis was over. Israel’s final 2020 result — a […]
A new era for diamonds ahead
United States’ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Scientists published a study in Applied Physics Letters showing that diamonds have superior carrier mobility, breakdown electric field and thermal conductivity, which are significant properties to power electronic devices. Following this study, an international team of researchers have certified the importance of diamonds in the tech industry by conducting […]
Natural and lab-grown diamonds raise stakes
The natural and lab-grown diamond industry both raised the stakes in 2020, contending for consumers whose behaviors are rapidly evolving. The debate between lab-grown and natural diamonds is only set to get hotter in 2021. A November report by MVI Marketing estimated that lab-grown diamonds will “go mainstream” relatively soon, with sales and behavior indications […]
Understanding the journey of a natural diamond
Natural diamonds are the ultimate treasures of nature, adding lustre to our lives for generations now. Each of you, who has ever owned or inherited a piece of diamond, will understand how precious, unique and versatile these stones are. Every piece of jewellery made of a natural diamond goes through a magical journey right from […]
Pandemic boosts sales of pink diamonds
Pink diamonds are proving popular purchases for those who had planned then scrapped this year’s overseas holidays due to the global pandemic. Almost all of the world’s rare pink diamonds were, until last month, sourced from West Australia, but with the closure of the Argyle mine there, the value of the pink stones has skyrocketed. […]
Diamond industry forecast for 2021 and beyond
Global diamond production this year fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats due to planned production declines by the major producers and significant pandemic-related suspensions and curtailments across the industry, Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond analyst and consultant told The Northern Miner. Zimnisky said that mines including Ekati, Aikhal, Verkhne-Munskoye, Williamson, Liqhobong […]
Rough demand strong at Trans Atlantic Tender
Image: Rough diamonds. (Trans Atlantic Gem Sales) Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) sold “almost 100%” of the goods on offer at a rough tender in Dubai earlier this month as buyers showed optimism ahead of the holidays, the company reported. The group, which sells diamonds on behalf of producers and artisanal miners, offered around […]
Colored Gemstones get new ratings system
Switzerland’s Gübelin Gem Lab has launched a scoring system for colored gemstones based on wine ratings, claiming that the industry lacked a common method of describing quality and uniqueness. The numerical scale takes into account three factors: quality, rarity and salience — referring to the stone’s ability to “stand out from the crowd,” Gübelin said […]