14/02/2024
What you think, you create. What you feel, you attract. RITA PRICE encourages you to make the most of the new opportunities 2024 will bring.
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06/12/2023
• Toby Bensimon
• Est. 1945
• Years in Trade 20 • Location Adelaide, SA
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14/11/2023
The connection between storytelling and jewellery is thousands of years old. FRAN DOREY suggests that in studying history, there are valuable lessons to learn.
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15/05/2023
Among the most talked about topics today in the gemstone and jewellery industry are ethics and sustainability. BARBARA WHEAT discusses some of the challenges involved in improving the level of responsible practice within such a diverse trade.
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11/03/2023
The rise of lab-created diamond jewellery has continued unabated. JOANNA PARK-TONKS shares her predictions for the road ahead.
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02/08/2022
Provenance has never been more important for collectors of rare diamonds and gemstones. WILLIAM GANT unveils the ‘mysteries’ of the fancy colour diamond market.
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31/03/2022
You know that 95 per cent of opals come from Australia, right? Wrong! RENATA BERNARD says that’s usually the first mistake when dealing with a customer in search of a quality opal.
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19/11/2021
• Hugh Brown
Politicians, the media, and various organisations tell us every day to think about acting responsibly, however; HUGH BROWN asks: what does that mean?
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08/07/2021
JOHN CHAPMAN explores how light impacts our perception of a diamond and the common mistakes and misconceptions jewellers may unwittingly harbour.
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08/04/2021
CHRIS HOLDSWORTH offers a warning to jewellers over the dangers of gemstone treatments, which can have expensive consequences if undetected.
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27/01/2021
For too long, stubborn myths have plagued the Australian opal market – unfashionable, cheap, too fragile – and it’s now time to set the record straight, writes DAMIEN CODY.
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16/09/2020
There are numerous opportunities for jewellers in the pearl category, particularly in providing care and maintenance services for strands and jewellery, writes JUNE MANN.
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02/10/2019
To put it bluntly, the Australian jewellery industry isn’t playing catch-up when it comes to ethics. The truth is, we’ve barely left the starting line – and we really need to pick up the pace.
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27/07/2019
One of the biggest challenges for opal dealers is that a lot of jewellers don’t understand much – if anything – about opal, in terms of the nomenclature, how to identify them and how to value them. The result is that customers frequently go into jewellery stores and buy what they think is a solid opal, that turns out to be a doublet, a triplet or a synthetic opal.
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09/02/2019
Behavioural analysts, researchers and social commentators have written profusely about the different generations of consumers and their buying habits. The buying habits in the jewellery industry are changing, especially in relation to diamond purchases.
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