12/04/2024
• Samuel Ord
The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) has announced that its trade shows will not feature lab-created or ‘synthetic’ diamonds and gemstones beginning next year.
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05/03/2024
• Samuel Ord
Over the coming months, Michael Hill International (MHI) will undergo a brand revitalisation, including the debut of a new green and gold theme in April.
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21/11/2023
• Samuel Ord
Lightbox Jewelry has announced two new design partnerships in a move to improve consumer interest in lab-created diamonds.
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16/11/2023
• Samuel Ord
A large fancy intense yellow diamond, known as the Love Stone, has commanded a hefty price at Sotheby’s latest auction in Geneva.
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13/11/2023
• Samuel Ord
The fourth-largest fancy intense pink diamond to appear at auction has generated a hefty return at Phillips’ Geneva Jewels auction.
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08/11/2023
• Samuel Ord
NSW-based artisan Matthew Ely has released a new pearl jewellery piece – Iluka - that has taken nearly two decades to assemble.
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10/10/2023
• Samuel Ord
An upcoming New Zealand designer has partnered with fast food chain KFC to release a limited-edition jewellery collection inspired by fried chicken.
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03/10/2023
• Samuel Ord
Hong Kong is back in business after a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic. SAMUEL ORD walks the halls of Jewellery and Gem World Hong Kong.
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08/09/2023
• Samuel Ord
A Norwegian man has unearthed rare sixth-century gold jewellery in a discovery archaeologists have hailed as Norway’s ‘gold find of the century’.
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22/08/2023
• Samuel Ord
In the blink of an eye, the International Jewellery Fair has come and gone for another year with exhibitors and visitors alike departing Darling Harbour with a clearer picture of the state of the industry.
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17/08/2023
• Samuel Ord
Broome pearl producer Willie Creek Pearls and the University of Western Australia’s Medical School are blazing a trail in the search for a solution to the global shortage of bone implant materials in the medical industry.
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04/07/2023
• Samuel Ord
Former Queensland Chief Entrepreneur, Leanne Kemp, whose diamond-tracing company recently collapsed with nearly $AU10 million in debt, was once found to have acted in ‘bad faith’ by a Federal Government agency.
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04/07/2023
• Samuel Ord
In the wake of the collapse of diamond-tracing company Everledger, questions have been raised about the business practices of CEO Leanne Kemp.
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30/06/2023
• Samuel Ord
The auction of a pearl and diamond necklace with matching earrings, once owned by Princess Diana and known as the Swan Lake Suite, has been cancelled - as the collection now has a new mystery owner.
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