Australia’s national gemstone is being celebrated in the inaugural Cody Australian Opal Centre Photographic Prize, a nationwide photography competition designed to promote opal and opal fields. Read more »

Reminiscent of a sapphire, the centre stones of these Made in Earth rings is the kyanite gem. Read more »

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True to its name, the multi-strand ‘Exotica’ necklace contains striking gemstones. Read more »

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Next year will see the launch of the world’s first International Gem Cutting and Jewellery Design Competition, to be held at UBM Asia’s September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair in collaboration with the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA). Read more »

CIBJO provides definitive guidelines on gem nomenclature, yet misnomers are still rife. Lorna Goodyer talks to gemmology expert Ronnie Bauer to find the top offenders. Read more »

Global markets were more upbeat at the Spring Hong Kong Jewellery Show. Coleby Nicholson reports on the mood. Read more »

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Can you name ‘the world’s favourite airline’? I am sure you can, British Airways, right? But did you also know that BA stopped using that marketing slogan 10 years ago? Read more »