09/12/2025
• Angela Han
Angela Han argues that once ‘breach of promise to marry’ laws were abolished, diamond rings stopped being legal protection and started functioning as financial collateral. What's changed, and what does this mean for the broken-hearted?
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05/12/2019
• Coleby Nicholson
A lot has happened since our last Great Diamond Debate. The continuing brouhaha concerning natural versus lab-grown diamonds is nothing but a latter-day ‘land grab’, in this case for the hearts and minds of consumers.
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05/04/2019
• Coleby Nicholson
'Laboratory-created' or 'factory-created' diamonds? COLEBY NICHOLSON believes the US Federal Trade Commission and the GIA could well be adding to the confusion and, in some cases, mistruths!
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09/03/2019
• Coleby Nicholson
I don’t know about you, but I’m totally confused. Regular readers will know that more often these days, I don’t know whether I’m Arthur or Martha – or in this age of gender equality, just ‘Ar’!
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06/12/2018
• Coleby Nicholson
There are plenty of questions and theories concerning De Beers’ decision to enter the synthetic diamond market. Some believe synthetics are simply a logical extension of its existing business while others view it as monopolistic behaviour aimed at controlling the industry.
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07/11/2018
• Coleby Nicholson
Can anyone really predict the future of synthetic diamonds? COLEBY NICHOLSON asks: Do lab-created diamonds carry the same romantic notions of a natural diamond, or are they shrouded in stigma?
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