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Chow Tai Fook Store
Chow Tai Fook Says No to Synthetics
Chow Tai Fook, Hong Kong’s largest jewelry company, has ruled out introducing a line of lab-grown diamonds
News Sep 16, 2018 Avi Krawitz
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Melee Parcel Contains Just One Natural Stone
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) found just one natural diamond in a melee parcel containing more than
News Aug 16, 2018 Rapaport News
Diamond swapping
Trade ‘Blind to Diamond-Swapping Threat’
Diamond dealers are failing to protect themselves against stone-swapping, and are instead waiting until an expensive loss
News Aug 15, 2018 Joshua Freedman
Podcast
Podcast: Synthetics, Swatch and the Summer
In the latest Rapaport Diamond Podcast, the team discusses the US Federal Trade Commission’s new guidelines for
News Aug 08, 2018 Rapaport News
Wave Ring
DPA Raises Concerns over Synthetics Marketing
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) is worried lab-grown diamond suppliers will use the new Federal Trade
News Aug 06, 2018 Rapaport News
FTC
RAPAPORT TRADE ALERT – July 27, 2018
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued new Guides for the Jewelry Industry.
Trade Alert Jul 29, 2018 Martin Rapaport
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Stop the Lies, Penelope Cruz
As the glitterati gathered for a swank cocktail party on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées to mark Paris Fashion Week,
News Jul 05, 2018 John Costello
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Martin Rapaport on De Beers’ Synthetics
De Beers’ decision to sell synthetic diamond jewelry raises important issues that are fundamental to the future of the
News Jul 04, 2018 Martin Rapaport
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How De Beers Sees Its New Synthetics Business
De Beers is launching a jewelry line featuring laboratory-grown diamonds — a venture that, according to CEO Bruce Cleaver, could eventually
News May 30, 2018 Joshua Freedman
De Beers Lightbox
De Beers to Launch Line of Synthetic Diamonds
De Beers will begin selling laboratory-grown diamonds under a new fashion-jewelry brand, promising to transform the synthetics sector
News May 29, 2018 Rapaport News
GIA synthetic inscription forgery
GIA Finds Synthetic Diamond with Forged Inscription
Fraudsters forged a Gemological Institute of America (GIA) inscription on a synthetic diamond to make it appear that the stone was
News Nov 13, 2017 Rapaport News
Lab-Grown Diamodn Jewelry
Diamond Foundry Opens Synthetics Store
Diamond Foundry, the San Francisco-based producer of lab-grown diamonds, is launching its first brick-and-mortar store on Friday. The
News Aug 17, 2017 Rapaport News
Praveenshankar Pandya GJEPC at IIJS 2017
New Diamond Panel Tackles Undisclosed Synthetics
A number of organizations have formed a committee to protect natural diamonds against the threat of synthetic ones, Praveenshankar Pandya,
News Jul 30, 2017 Avi Krawitz
Scio
Scio Diamond to Up Synthetics Production
Lab-grown diamond producer Scio Diamond Technology Corporation will boost its output of synthetic rough diamonds over
News Jul 12, 2017 Rapaport News
Pink GIA diamond CVD H4 defect
GIA Finds Baffling Flaw in CVD Diamond
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) doesn’t usually declare itself stumped, but a recent discovery of a flaw in a synthetic
News Jul 02, 2017 Joshua Freedman
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Hong Kong Dealers Face Random Synthetics Checks
Hong Kong’s diamond-promotion body plans to start checking wholesalers’ inventory for synthetics, as part of a program aimed at boosting
News May 22, 2017 Joshua Freedman
GIA hybrid diamond
GIA Spots Natural Diamond with CVD Blue Layer
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has found a natural diamond with a synthetic coating that tints it blue
News May 04, 2017 Rapaport News
Jonathan Kendall IIDGR
IIDGR to Roll Out Synthetics-Detection Course
A training course for synthetic-diamond detection will launch this spring in the US and India, courtesy of De Beers’ International
News Apr 30, 2017 Rapaport News
Susan Jacques
GIA Launches Synthetics Detector for Jewelry
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has unveiled a new machine for identifying synthetic diamonds, including stones
News Apr 18, 2017 Rapaport News
Melee diamonds
GIA Finds Significant Undisclosed Synthetics
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently uncovered an unusually large number of undisclosed synthetic diamonds mixed in with
News Mar 07, 2017 Avi Krawitz
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