For more than a millennia gold, precious gems and jewels have been coveted by the wealthy. Partly because of their rarity and uniqueness, after all the entire world’s gold reserves laid out would just cover a football pitch a meter or so high, the glittery stuff has been seen as true sign of weal…
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Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Gaining Acceptance From Mainstream Jewelers
Long derided as cheap facsimiles of natural, mined diamonds, lab-grown diamonds are gaining a foothold in the fine jewelry trade. In early June, as members of the fine jewelry industry descended on Las Vegas for the annual JCK show, the nation’s largest jewelry trade fair, they were greeted by ba…
Satta Matturi Fine Jewelry: Precious Stones with an African Story
Satta Matturi is definitely a woman who knows her diamonds. Like her father, Matturi has spent much of her professional career in the diamond trade working for DeBeers. Beyond a decade working with De Beers, one of the world’s largest diamond producers, there is little about diamonds that S…