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Two Diamonds Larger Than 200 Carats Star at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels Sale

Two Diamonds Larger Than 200 Carats Star at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels Sale

Two diamonds larger than 200 carats shared top billing at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels Sale in Geneva last night. “The Rock,” the 228.31-carat, pear-shaped gem touted ...

Documentary Shows Young Princess Elizabeth Delighted With Her Engagement Ring

Documentary Shows Young Princess Elizabeth Delighted With Her Engagement Ring

In honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee marking her 70 years on the British throne, the BBC will air a documentary that includes previously ...

Set With 462 Pink Diamonds, ‘The Ultimate’ Coin Could Fetch CAD$900K at Auction

Set With 462 Pink Diamonds, ‘The Ultimate’ Coin Could Fetch CAD$900K at Auction

The Royal Canadian Mint is about to auction “The Ultimate,” a one-of-a-kind, 1 kilogram platinum coin embellished with 462 ultra-rare pink diamonds from the world-famous ...

Music Friday: Seratones Remind You to ‘Keep a Diamond in Your Mind’

Music Friday: Seratones Remind You to ‘Keep a Diamond in Your Mind’

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you new tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the Seratones — ...

Frequent Visitor Lands 2.38-Carat ‘Frankenstone’ at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Frequent Visitor Lands 2.38-Carat ‘Frankenstone’ at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Adam Hardin, an avid amateur diamond hunter and frequent visitor to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, recently landed a 2.38-carat brown sparkler — ...

Cullinan-Sourced, 103-Carat ‘Light of Africa Diamond’ to Headline Christie’s NY Sale

Cullinan-Sourced, 103-Carat ‘Light of Africa Diamond’ to Headline Christie’s NY Sale

Sourced at the celebrated Cullinan mine in South Africa, the internally flawless, 103.49-carat, emerald-cut gem known as “The Light of Africa Diamond” will headline the ...

167-Carat ‘Mackay Emerald’ Was Prized Possession of Opera Star Anna Case

167-Carat ‘Mackay Emerald’ Was Prized Possession of Opera Star Anna Case

Here’s the story about how an impoverished New Jersey youngster became a prima donna at the New York Metropolitan Opera, married a telecommunications executive and ...

Diamond’s Amazing Properties to Revolutionize the World of Quantum Computing

Diamond’s Amazing Properties to Revolutionize the World of Quantum Computing

Japanese researchers have created an ultra-pure, two-inch-wide diamond wafer that has the storage capacity of 25 billion gigabytes. That’s equivalent to the information on one ...

Music Friday: Hank Williams Jr. Falls for a Beauty Selling Silver and Turquoise Jewelry

Music Friday: Hank Williams Jr. Falls for a Beauty Selling Silver and Turquoise Jewelry

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you classic tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Hank Williams Jr. ...

‘De Beers Blue’ Comes Within a Whisker of Setting New Auction Record

‘De Beers Blue’ Comes Within a Whisker of Setting New Auction Record

The 15.10-carat “De Beers Blue” came within a whisker of setting a new world record for the priciest vivid blue diamond ever sold at auction. ...

Jewelry Category to Break Another Sales Record This Mother’s Day, Predicts NRF

Jewelry Category to Break Another Sales Record This Mother’s Day, Predicts NRF

Mother’s Day 2022 jewelry sales are expected to hit $7 billion, making it the fastest-growing and highest-volume gift-giving category for the second year in a ...

Giant Kelp to Play a Key Role in Diamond Miner’s Carbon-Neutral Initiative

Giant Kelp to Play a Key Role in Diamond Miner’s Carbon-Neutral Initiative

Climbing to a height of 175 feet or more, giant kelp will be playing a key role in De Beers’ ambitious efforts to achieve carbon ...