10/12/2025
Seven years after the inaugural Great Diamond Debate, the diamond landscape is almost unrecognisable. Natural and laboratory-created stones now share a stage transformed by technology, shifting values, and new rules of engagement. In this edition, leading voices worldwide reveal how the story has evolved – and where it’s heading next!
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06/12/2019
A lot has happened since our first Great Diamond Debate - Round I. In the past 12-months, the continuing brouhaha concerning natural versus lab-grown diamonds has become complex, turning into a latter-day ‘land grab’ for the hearts and minds of consumers. Read updates from industry leaders around the world weigh in on the debate.
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07/12/2018
Six months after De Beer’s surprised the international jewellery industry by entering the synthetic diamond market, we explore whether the decision was a strategic move to ensure competitor innovation did not become blanket disruption or whether De Beers finally saw the light and realised lab-grown diamonds are not a menace after all? Perhaps it’s even a little bit of both, or perhaps it doesn’t really matter anyway! Our Great Diamond Debate might help you decide.
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12/06/2018
• Jeweller Staff
Coloured gemstones continue to headline auctions, with an 8-carat blue diamond necklace recently selling for US$20.5 million (AU$26.8 m).
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17/05/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
An 813-carat rough diamond has achieved a record sale price but its position is expected to be quickly overtaken by the upcoming auction of the ‘second largest’ diamond ever unearthed.
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08/04/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Blue diamonds appear to be making waves in the market, with the recent sale of a blue diamond setting an auction record at the same time that another record-holding blue stone has entered the auction scene.
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