RAPAPORT... The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has organized a business-to-business event called the India Diamond & Colourstone Show, which will be held August 4 and 5, 2009, in Mumbai. This new show, held exclusively for loose diamonds and colored stones, has been planned as a lead-in to the 26th annual India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), which begins August 6 in Mumbai.

GJEPC's new show venture was created "in response to the need of jewelers to source their requirements of diamonds and colored gemstones from the very source," according to the group. The India Diamond & Colourstone Show will provide buyers with an exclusive opportunity to source loose stones. Buyers will be permitted to place orders, but direct cash-and-carry sales will not be permitted. The India Diamond & Colourstone Show will be held in the Grand Ball Room of the Hotel Renaissance in Powai, Mumbai, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.




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