Coronet Jewellery Wins Guinness World Records Title for “most diamonds set on a watch.” 15,858 diamonds Total Aron Shum, principal of the Hong Kong-based Coronet company, established yet another Guinness World Record, this time for a watch set with most diamonds. The feat was achieved during the earlier this month during Baselworld, the prestigious Swiss […]
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HRD Antwerp has begun to issue gemological certificates for lab-grown diamonds. According to the Antwerp-based lab, every synthetic diamond tested will be issued its own, green colored certificate, which is different in color than the certificates issued for natural diamonds at the lab. Every synthetic stone will be laser inscribed with the words “Lab Grown” The lab
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Lab diamonds are diamonds grown in highly controlled laboratory environments using advanced technological processes that mimic the conditions in which diamonds naturally develop in the earth’s crust. Lab diamonds are made from actual carbon atoms arranged in the characteristic diamond crystal structure, and since they are made of the same material as natural diamonds, they
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Ernie Blom Open Letter to Minister Gwede Mantashe http://diamondeducation.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Biz-news-press-release.jpg.pdf
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Angola intends to cut and polish 20% of the diamonds mined in the country, with the remaining 80% being exported in the rough, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Oil said on Tuesday February 11, 2019. Diamantino Azevedo said that as part of the new official diamond production and marketing policy, this move aims to
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Alrosa, a world leader in diamond production, announced the launching of operations in the Republic of Zimbabwe. With support of the government of Zimbabwe, the company will develop new mining operations in the country. This was announced today during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to Moscow. “Today we see opportunities for a new stage of our
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Seismic methods for the detection of kimberlite pipes Milovan Urosevic & Brian J. Evans Pages 632-635 | Published online: 06 Dec 2018 https://doi.org/10.1071/EG998632 The results of a seismic experiment conducted in Northern Territory over known kimberlite pipes are shown. A very low reflectivity sedimentary sequence and unfavourable near surface conditions resulted in a poor quality
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Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners, Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. (“Endiama”) and Rosas & Petalas, have announced that diamonds from the Lulo mine in Angola will feature in an historic inaugural international tender. Under Angola’s new diamond marketing laws just approved by the President of Angola, His Excellency Joao Lourenco, and the Council of
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