Gemfields Urges Zambia to Reconsider: Export Tax Comes at a Difficult Time

"London-listed Gemfields said on Wednesday that it would lobby the Zambian government to suspend the newly reinstated 15% export duty on precious gemstones,which would...

Jewels at the 2024 Music Television Video Music Awards!

Jewels at the 2024 Music Television Video Music Awards! LauraLeeWhoWoreWhatJewels.com LauraLee is back, posting the jewels worn at this year's Music Television Video Music Awards (MTV...

Fall 2024 G&G Available Now: GIA’s Gems & Gemology

Once again, GIA's Gems & Gemology(Fall issue 2024) gives us more information than we can absorb in one sitting. Read ThisAnd because we are in...

Color Enhancement in Ruby has SGL Seeing Red

Color Enhancement in Ruby has SGL Seeing Red by Bear Williams, Stone Group Labs (SGL) RUBIES are typically sent into professional gem labs for Identification...

Iridis’ Jagoda Mine: Inaugural Tourmalines Auction a Success

Tourmalines a Success at the Auction A recap of the world's first tourmaline auction Iridis announced the success of its first auction of tourmalines in Bangkok...

Pezzottaite: From the Ground to the Vault — A Rare Beryl Revisited

Discovered in Madagascar in the late 1990s, pezzottaite was initially mistaken for pink tourmaline or morganite (pink beryl) before laboratory testing revealed it to...

Under the Radar: Richemont Acquires Italian Jewellery Maison, Vhernier – You Should See What...

Under the Radar: Richemont Acquires Italian Jewellery Maison, Vhernier - You Should See What They Create! Richemont Press Release - Gary Roskin - Roskin Gem...

Journal of Gemmology: The Latest Issue!

Wyoming Nephrite Jade JP Jutras, Cara Williams, Bear Williams, and Lanny Ream Journal of Gemmology - Reproduced by permission - In 2022, a new occurrence...

Intergem: Idar-Oberstein’s Premier Show

Intergem: Idar-Oberstein's Premier Show Gary RoskinRoskinGemNewsReport If you are in the gem business, then you know about Idar-Oberstein, Germany, with its 500+ year history of gem...

Magnificent Blue Jewels

Magnificent Blue Jewels Some of the many beautiful pieces of the Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels auction that caught our attention, are here in the Roskin Report. Up...

On the Cutting Edge: Contemporary Gemstone Sculpture

On display now, featuring ten lapidary artists from the Americas representing gem carving trends in the 21st Century.Georg SchmerholzJulio Martínez BarnetcheLawrence StollerLuis Alberto Quispe...

Christie’s May Geneva Auction

Christie's May Geneva Auction Christie"'s Magnificent Jewels auction at the Four Season Hotel des Bergues in Geneva on May 15, features the usual - but fantastic -...