While jewellery preferences are ever changing, there is one trend that has withstood the test of time: diamonds. Coveted for their appearance but sought for their symbolic meaning and cultural ...

Buying a diamond is an emotional moment. Whether it’s for an engagement ring, a Diwali gift, or simply a treat-yourself purchase, that sparkling stone holds meaning far beyond its carats. But here’s ...

According to the experts, there is no way for the average person to differentiate a natural from a lab-grown diamond. If you’ve bought a piece of fine jewelry containing a diamond in recent years, you ...

Two samples of carbon crystals, which are clear and give off a kaleidoscope of spectral colours under direct sunlight, may appear to be identical. However, one is a billion years old, and the other is ...

Diamonds have long been the ultimate symbol of love and commitment, their sparkling brilliance forever linked to life’s most emotional moments. Thanks to decades of marketing genius—most notably from ...

More consumers are gravitating toward man-made diamonds for their striking similarity to natural rocks and their relative affordability. In 2015, sales of lab diamonds made up less than 1% of all ...

“Up to 1,750 tons of earth has to be displaced to mine just 1 carat or 0.2 grams, of diamond and a million miners in Africa earn less than a dollar a day with some dying in accidents. Child labor is ...

Last year, a funny thing happened at Ring Concierge’s Manhattan showroom. A bride-to-be brought her engagement ring back to the popular jewelry store after wearing it for a few weeks and wanted to ...

Over the past decades, jewelry with even a small diamond was considered a real treasure, and its price corresponded to the premium status of the gem. However, the jewelry industry also has complaints ...

PARIS — De Beers has called time out on its test-run of lab-grown diamond engagement rings, the company said Wednesday. Going forward, its lab-grown subsidiary Lightbox will continue to focus on its ...

With a great-great grandfather like Louis Cartier, you might expect some remarkable jewelry from designer Jean Dousset, but his pedigree doesn’t end there: Dousset cut his teeth working with famed ...

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