Last fall, the jewelry designer Kindred Lubeck took an elevator up six floors to a high-end showroom in New York’s diamond district. She was buzzed inside a fluorescent-lit vestibule, then waited; the ...

After decades of growth driven by diamond mining, Canada’s Northwest Territories are facing the closure of three major mines and wondering: What’s next? A pit at the Diavik mine, one of the three ...

This is one of my fave pieces in my personal jewelry collection. The 14k gold ring feels fresh and modern but in a way that's still timeless. And the pear-shaped, lab-grown diamond that sits front and ...

The founder and former CEO of a high-end diamond merchant that recently planted a large flag in Chicago’s Gold Coast allegedly deceived the company with off-the-books transactions with wealthy clients ...

It was a shining family secret for more than 100 years. Descendants of Austria’s royal family have revealed that a missing treasure, a large diamond dating back to the House of Medici whose mysterious ...

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Scientists from the University of Tokyo and their collaborators have created a new approach to forming artificial diamonds that offers surprising advantages. By carefully preparing carbon-based ...

LUANDA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Lab-grown diamonds are losing their appeal due to oversupply and consumer preferences are starting to shift back to natural stones, World Diamond Council President Feriel ...

Determining the authenticity of a diamond requires professional equipment and a highly trained eye. At-home tests do exist—from the fog test to the water-drop test—but the only way to be sure is by ...

A team of physicists has discovered that virtual charges, which exist only during brief interactions with light, play a critical role in ultrafast material responses. Using attosecond pulses on ...

If you've ever held or beheld a diamond, there's a good chance it came from a kimberlite. Over 70% of the world's diamonds are mined from these unique volcanic structures. Yet despite decades of study ...

The jewelry industry’s most respected gemological authority has announced a change in how it will evaluate lab-grown gems. By Amy Elliott A certain type of engagement ring seems to have reached peak ...