As a busy year for the jewelry and diamond industry draws to a close, we revisit the stories that drew the most readers in 2025. The pieces that sparked the greatest interest ranged from a historical ...

Diamond mines operating in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) will get additional tax relief totaling approximately $8.8 million to help weather the market slowdown. The Government of the Northwest ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently examined a colorless lab-grown sapphire that showed signs of “quench-crackle and dye” treatment, a common color-altering procedure. The 12.65-carat ...

Kering has signed an agreement to buy a 20% stake in Italian-headquartered jewelry manufacturer Raselli Franco Group. The purchase will take place over multiple phases, Kering said last week. The ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently found a natural diamond that reacted like a lab-grown stone when exposed to ultraviolet light. The oval, 2.50-carat, D-color, VS1-clarity diamond, ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The New York-based designer’s Then & Now collection fuses gemstones with relics of the past to redefine how people adorn their bodies. Rebecca Rau faces challenges that few other fine-jewelry ...

The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) has suspended its membership in the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), citing the global trade group’s “recent actions,” including its response to the US ...

While the hands-on approach is still crucial, artificial intelligence is already a boon to mapping and polishing stones – and there’s more on the horizon. The diamond-manufacturing industry has made ...

The diamond industry is undergoing a significant and transformative shake-up. With a major dip in natural-diamond prices, many companies have either diversified their operations to include both ...

“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” wrote French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1849. The famous proverb is understood to mean no matter how tumultuous a situation is, some ...