The man wanted for snatching jewelry and watches from showcases in seven states allegedly pulled off another theft in the South.
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Kim E. Pelletier, who spent three years as vice president of sales and marketing at Polygon, will helm the new diamond trading platform.
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It’s an expansion of the service GIA launched in 2016 to address concerns about lab-grown and treated diamonds being mixed into parcels of melee.
The webinar series will return in September with episodes hosted by all four National Jeweler editors.
It’s the largest find for Gem Diamonds so far this year, and is believed to be the second-largest gem-quality diamond dug up this year.
The association is also building a “United Nations of ambassadors” to promote natural color diamonds.
Céline Assimon will take over from François Delage as CEO of De Beers Jewellers.
The online buyer and seller meetup is scheduled for Aug. 27 and 28.
The biennial gathering that brings together IDMA and the WFDB is scheduled for mid-September.
The Continental Buying Group is pivoting from holding a physical jewelry trade show in October to a virtual one in September.
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The champagne quartz and peridot pair are perfect for August babies looking for earrings that can easily be worn into the fall.
Starting in Q4, the lab will use the same color and clarity terms as it does for natural diamonds.
The El Paso-based designer, appraiser and author has been elected to a two-year term heading the organization.
Monica Stephenson of Anza Gems and Moyo Gems is the new president of the board of directors.
It’s working with Thornton Digital Consulting and its founder, Deana Thornton, to help retailers with their online strategies.
The diamond miner has inked a partnership with Antwerp-based cutter HB Group to buy all its diamonds weighing more than 10.8 carats for the rest of 2020.
The suspect has been on the JSA’s radar since last fall.
Introduced last Wednesday, the new feature allows users to create 15-second videos using a single shot or stitched-together clips.
In a letter sent out Thursday, WFDB’s Yoram Dvash wrote there are multiple reasons to be optimistic about the state of the diamond industry.
The system is currently being tested in New York and Carlsbad, with an industry-wide rollout expected next year.
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