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- Alrosa uses nanotechnology that potentially allows gems to be traced from the mine all the way to the consumer.
- Bonhams has appointed Kate Flitcroft as senior specialist in its London jewelry department.
- Initiatives in Art and Culture will hold its eleventh annual gold and diamond conference in July 13-15.
- Recommendation: a new podcas t“If Jewels Could Talk with Carol Woolton”
- According to Plumb Club’s New Consumer Survey, ‘coccasions’ is the most reason to motivates jewelry purchases.
- ICA has appointed Helen Molesworth to lead InColor magazine.
- Pandora has hired Luciano Rodembusch, former Tiffany & Co. executive, as a new general manager for North America.
- The CPAA’s Annual Design Contest starts.
- Jewelry Reality Show ‘All That Glitters’ is now streaming on HBO Max.
- Tourneau, the 31-store watch retailer changes its name to Bucherer.
- Another 1,174-carat diamond, which is of variable quality, was found in Botswana.
- Paula Kahumbu, CEO of Kenyan organization Wildlife Direct, is the 2021 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year.
- Italian fine jewelry brand Vendorafa celebrates its 70th anniversary with Vendorafa70, a new limited-edition collection.
- Sotheby will accept payment with Ether or Bitcoin for a D-color, flawless, pear-shaped diamond hitting the block next month.
- MCH Group announced the watch and jewelry show will return in 2022 as Baselworld.
- The International Gemological Institute’s New York City office has committed to being carbon-neutral by 2022.
- Former Kimberley Process Chair Bernhardt Esau has been barred from entering the United States.
- Former Pandora Exec, Patrick Bennett, leads Successful Consultants Ltd. USA Office.
- The third largest piece weighing 1,098 cts was recently unearthed at the Jwaneng mine in Botswana.
- Accessories sales in American were up 36.2% over the same time last year.
- Mansour Ojjeh, a legend in the world of Formula 1 racing and owner of TAG Heuer from 1985 to 1999, dies at 68.
- “The Chrysler Diamond” sells for $5.5M.
- Jewelers Mutual Group has acquired Gem + Jewel, a turnkey website service.
- A documentary – Assael Revealed: The Legendary Legacy of Pearl Pioneer Salvador J. Assael – debuted on June 9, diving into the life and legacy of Assael who created the market for Tahitian pearls.
- A 470-carat light brown diamond is digged from the Karowe mine in Botswana.
- A 73 ct. fancy vivid yellow diamond estimated to sell for upward of $3 million will lead Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale opening June 9.
- A Washington man found a 2.20-carat light yellow diamond during a few-day visit to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.
- The United States Trade Representative has postponed a possible 25% duty on Indian jewelry for six months.
- Patek Philippe is tapping into the 1990s trend, offering updates to the Aquanaut range, originally debuted in 1997.
- Jewelry trade show VicenzaOro and industry trade show HardRock announce date
- The 15.81-carat “Sakura” diamond sold for $29.3 million on May 23, being a record price at auction for a purple-pink diamond.
- Day’s Jewelers has its new vice president – Liz Mahoney.
- Brilliant Earth is opening a new showroom in Seattle this summer
- Mehul Choksi, former chairman of now-defunct Gitanjali Gems, has been arrested after trying to gain access to the Caribbean island of Dominica.
- Guy Borenstein, former exec at Gemewizard, has joined Stuller as senior gemologist.
- BriteCo, a jewelry insurance company is letting its jeweler partners earn points for completed appraisals, and then redeem points for digital gift cards.
- Three men have been arrested for allegedly committing an armed robbery of a $500,000 Richard Mille wristwatch at a Beverly Hills restaurant in March.
- Bergio International, the publicly traded jewelry manufacturer, acquires 51% of the assets of GearBubble, an on-demand e-commerce fulfillment platform.
- Karen Golembeski, a previous president of The Women’s Jewelry Association New England, died this month at the age of 74.
- US platinum jewelry retail sales grew 3% in 2020 while gold jewelry demand in the U.S. was down 10 percent in 2020,
- A 254 carat Type II white diamond is recovered at Letseng mine in Lesotho.
- Lucara Diamond Corp has secured $220 million in financing to help take the Karowe Mine in Botswana underground and extend its life by about 20 years.
- Sid Keswani, the president of Pandora’s North American starting in 2018 left Pandora.
- An emerald-cut, 100.94-carat, D-color, internally flawless Type IIa diamond sold for $14.1 million in Geneva.
- A natural pearl and diamond tiara with ties to Europe’s House of Savoy sold for $1.6 million at Sotheby’s jewelry auction held Tuesday in Geneva.
- Jean Claude Michelou, ‘InColor’ Founder, died May 3 of COVID-19.
- Harris Jewelry, a New York-based chain, has shuttered all of its stores in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting its business online.
- Indian jewelry might be possibly slapped with a new import duty of as high as 25% if India and the United States fail to resolve a dispute over a digital service tax,
- Tiffany, Swarovski and LVMH join forces to unite jewellery and gemstone brands.
- Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals will reopen at the American Museum of Natural History on June 12.