I was reading a great article by Chaim Even-Zohar about the Kimberly Process and how reasonably simply it is to circumvent.
Finished jewelry is not subject to the Kimberly Process and documentation. As it should be. Can you imagine having to carry your Kimberly paperwork everywhere you go when you travel just to prove that you [...]

Seriously, you pamper every other part of your body, why not your lips?
French cosmetics house Guerlain – lipstick innovators since the 1920s – launches KissKiss Gold and Diamonds – a $62,000 lip color wrapped in a 110-gram, 18-karat gold tube encrusted with 199 conflict-free diamonds weighing 2.2 carats, rubies and emeralds. It can be custom-engraved [...]

I need to jazz up my $600 i-Phone and covering it with diamonds seems like a cool way to go.
Designed by Alexander Amosu, the London based mobile entrepreneur, the a limited edition iPhone with 420 diamonds totaling 5.65 carats set in 18k white or yellow gold. The phone is available with a choice of white, [...]

Chad Johnson, who moved to Murfreesboro in February, nearly tossed a 4.38 carat, tea colored diamond. Johnson stowed his equipment after a weekend of sifting for diamonds and didn’t notice the cube shaped diamond until Monday.
The diamond, making approximately 80 that he has found since moving to Arkansas, is the second largest found this year. [...]

Blue Nile received a call in June on their customer service line. At the other end a buyer requested a diamond of over 10 carats. A diamond about the size of a penny. Three days later, after diverting the diamond from a trip to Italy, and being delivered in a Brink’s truck, the customer had [...]

An independent valuation of a bulk sample of diamonds dug from the Renard project, owned by Stornoway Diamond Corp., said most of the gems could be worth more than $100 (U.S.) a carat.
Eira Thomas, Stornoway’s chief executive officer, said the valuation of the bulk sample marks a key milestone for Renard, which is believed [...]

The hunt for diamonds in Australia has plummeted, despite a world shortage, and increasing prices. It is thought just five companies are actively looking for diamonds, although Australian explorers are flocking overseas to look in Africa and elsewhere.
Dr Kevin Wills, from Flinders Diamonds, says part of the problem is government red tape, and a lack [...]

Gareth Penny, De Beers Group managing director, called on diamond traders in Europe, the U.S. and Israel to back Africa’s efforts to cut and polish its own gemstones.
“We don’t embrace this out of some misguided enthusiasm or altruism, we embrace it because it makes good business sense and because it’s the right thing to do,” [...]