From rare and colored to large and flawless, many of the diamonds sold this year at auction were world record-breakers.
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The gemstone miner’s recent Singapore auction of higher- and medium-quality rough rubies from its Montepuez mine achieved an average per-carat price of $317.92.

A number of women and children in need will be having a brighter holiday season this year thanks to donations from staff and students at the Gemological Institute of America’s headquarters.
The Albuquerque-based jewelry supply company recently was named one of the best large companies to work at in New Mexico by a local publication.
After a year of attending gem shows, press previews and looking at a lot of jewelry, Associate Editor Brecken Branstrator talks about which gemstones rocked 2015.

What did National Jeweler’s readers click on the most this year? It turns out they found stories about the past and the future equally enthralling.
Patrick McClymont will be stepping down from the role next week following activist investors’ calls for changes in senior management.

The store, located in New York’s Times Square, comes shortly after the brand was named Official Timekeeper of the NBA.
The opening of the center marks a major milestone in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign to promote India as a major global diamond trading hub.
Senior Editor Hannah Connorton attended plenty of industry parties over the past year; these four took the cake.
MJSA’s “Be a Jeweler” initiative, launched earlier this year, has new web and social media sites to help attract people to a career in jewelry.

Columnist Jan Brassem pens another pop quiz, this one testing readers’ knowledge of the times, which he acknowledges are a-changin’.
Bill Longnecker of Longnecker Jewelry in McCook, Neb. came up with a clever, albeit creepy, way to remind customers that Christmas is coming soon.
As part of the trillion-dollar spending bill passed Friday, Congress made permanent legislation that allows retailers to write off store improvements over a 15-year period.
Blue Nile took a swipe a brick-and-mortar retailers with one of the advertisements it’s circulating online this fall. But Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff doesn’t think they should be offended.
A vast majority of U.S. shoppers will visit Amazon.com this holiday season but it’s not just to order those few perfect gifts, a new survey shows.
Members of the jewelry industry need to be on alert for individuals posing as principals of established companies in order to con others out of cash or merchandise, particularly during the most wonderful time of the year.
He will lead the Indian Diamond and Colorstone Association in 2016, alongside Vice President Rakesh Barmecha of Niru NY Ltd.
A non-linear floor plan with a “community feel” and a tiered model for exhibitors are two elements that will be new to the Design Center at JCK Las Vegas next year.
It’s Associate Editor Brecken Branstrator’s turn to pick out what she would get her family and friends for the holidays if money were no object. Here are the pieces she’s got in mind.
Challenged to select jewelry for her friends if money was no object, Senior Editor Hannah Connorton picks out seven baubles to give this holiday season.
During its annual event in January, the Jewelers Security Alliance will give awards to Jewelers Mutual’s David Sexton and Senior Special Agent James Liscinsky of the ATF.
Designer Kara Ross has launched Diamonds Unleashed, a new company that aims to change the conversation around who buys diamonds for whom, and why, while emphasizing women’s empowerment.
Accessing the brand’s inventory without a login and the ability to make trade show appointments online are among the tools the new website offers.
Prices for 1-carat stones rose for the first time in six months during November, buoyed by supply shortages in select categories and holiday demand.