12/06/2022
• Richard Chiu
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced it will soon issue digital grading reports instead of paper certification and launch an AI-based diamond inscription matching service.
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06/12/2019
A lot has happened since our last Great Diamond Debate. In the last 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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02/10/2019
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Everledger, a technology development business founded by Australian entrepreneur Leanne Kemp, has upgraded its blockchain platform, which is designed to ensure transparency in the jewellery industry from mine to retailer.
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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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07/08/2018
• Jeweller Staff
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended its definition of “diamond” to include the synthetics, a move that synthetic diamond laboratories have applauded, while diamond miners and manufacturers are not impressed.
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09/06/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has introduced a program that allows retailers to track the origin of select polished diamonds, potentially providing a unique selling opportunity and improved consumer confidence.
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15/05/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has uncovered a natural diamond with a blue synthetic coating, and has warned that other ‘hybrids’ might be on the market.
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20/09/2016
• Lewis Dyson • Staff Journalist
Transparency in the diamond sector has again been called into question after HRD Antwerp announced it had identified a number of grading report discrepancies.
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03/05/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Reports from De Beers Group’s new grading service will now be listed on the RapNet online diamond trading platform, along with those from another laboratory that has ties to EGL USA.
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08/03/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
GIA researchers say that a recently graded synthetic stone – the largest of its kind to be studied by the organisation – exemplifies how quickly synthetic diamond technology is progressing and the increasing importance of identification.
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01/03/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
De Beers Group has officially extended its diamond grading service to the wider industry at the same time that Rapaport Group has launched a new grading report.
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19/02/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
The GIA has again been thrown into the spotlight, this time with news that a business was reportedly offering synthetic diamonds accompanied by GIA natural diamond certificates.
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02/02/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A further six people have been arrested for making unauthorised changes to more than 1,000 GIA diamond grading reports.
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30/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
The majority of the diamond grading reports that were invalidated by the GIA due to fraudulent alteration are still in circulation, with the investigation ongoing.
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24/11/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
A group of diamond traders have been sentenced for bribing an international grading laboratory employee and committing fraud in relation to diamond grading reports.
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