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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13/04/2021
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
As the era of the Argyle Mine draws to a close, ARABELLA RODEN explores the compelling history and enduring legacy of the world’s premier source of pink diamonds.
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12/03/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
The fancy colour diamond category is as dynamic and varied as the stones themselves. ARABELLA RODEN explores new trends and opportunities for retail jewellers.
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28/01/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Swarovski has expanded its lab-created diamond range, introducing a collection of fancy colours at Couture Fashion Week in Paris.
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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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08/10/2019
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
As its Argyle Tender continues touring the world, mining company Rio Tinto has publicly revealed the ‘Argyle Dreaming’ jewellery set, designed by Australian jeweller John Calleija.
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23/09/2019
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Conceptual artist Diemut Strebe has made a 16.78-carat vivid yellow diamond invisible for an exhibit in the New York Stock Exchange.
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15/08/2019
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Consumers are increasingly considering diamonds for investment purposes. ARABELLA RODEN explores the pros and cons as well as any potential pitfalls.
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30/07/2019
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
The Argyle Mine, in Western Australia, is set to cease operation in 2020 – drastically reducing Australia’s diamond production to less than 1 per cent of its current output.
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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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30/10/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
An Australian mining company has secured an agreement to commence operations at its diamond mine located near a site that once produced approximately half of the world’s supply of fancy yellow stones.
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