Russia Seizes Large Haul Of Smuggled Amber Bound For Lithuania
Russia's investigative committee in the Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea said on Friday it had seized half a tonne of amber gemstone that...
Sotheby’s To Offer 8 Blue Diamonds From De Beers Valued At $70 Million
Forbes.comAnthony DeMarco, Senior Contributor
Sotheby’s said Thursday it will offer a group of eight Fancy blue diamonds that will be sold across its Magnificent Jewels...
Gemfields Ruby Operations Resume After Attack – Military Called In
By Mining Review AfricaOct 24, 2022
On 20 October 2022, Gemfields updated the market regarding the Cabo Delgado insurgency and Gemfields’ decision at the time...
Smuggling Cheats Nigerian Treasury – $3b Annual Tax from Gemstone Exports
The NicheJeph Ajobaju, Copy Chief Editor, October 20, 2022
Some $3 billion worth gemstones are exported from Nigeria every year but the treasury gets little...
Botswana Diamonds negotiates data license with Petra
Mining Review AfricaOct 21, 2022
Further to the announcement on 6 September 2022 that Botswana Diamonds had been awarded a prospecting license over the Reivilo kimberlite...
Junta Watch: Russians Arrive in Myanmar to Buy Gems
By THE IRRAWADDY, 22 October 2022
For the first time, the Myanmar military regime has invited Russian traders to a jade and gems emporium in Naypyitaw, as...
IN TOKYO, A PEEK AT TIFFANY & CO’S BOTANICA BLUE BOOK COLLECTION
FASHIONGRAZIA 12By Jessica Bailey
Jessica Bailey joins Tiffany & Co.’s Chief Gemologist and Vice President Victoria Reynolds to discuss the luxury brand’s new high jewellery...
Touring Rome Through The Lens Of Jewelry
Forbes.comBeth Bernstein, Contributor
From The Eleuteri Archives, a Constantin Roesler Franz micromosaic necklace. Rome, circa 1850 featuring different famous sites of Italy.
Pick up an espresso...
Nigerian Govt to Ban Artisanal Miners from Sale of Rough
This Day LiveKasim Sumaina in Abuja
The federal government has warned artisanal and informal miners to desist from selling raw gemstones at ridiculous prices for...
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...
Why lasers are being used to write inside diamonds
BBCBen MorrisTechnology of Business editor
I am peering through a jeweller's eyeglass, looking for the BBC logo that has been inscribed inside a small diamond.
The...
Emerald from the Atocha Up for Auction
A ring made with a Colombian emerald from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha will come to auction! The emerald came from the most famous...
