Diamond and Oil Embargo?
The European Union will meet Monday to finalize the EU-wide oil embargo on Iran that will go into effect on July 1st to convince Iran to stop is nuclear... Read More...
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Tag Heuer Open Second US Boutique
Tag Heuer has 115 shops world-wide, each strategically chosen... and they are now opening their 116th store in Aventura, Florida, which is only their se... Read More...
Scam Targetting Jewelers
Straight from the Jeweler's Security Alliance: Beware of a new scam targeting jewelers!
After an incident in early January at a chain jewelry... Read More...
Auctioning off the “World’s Largest Emerald”
Teodora, or God's Gift, is the World's Largest cut Emerald and roughly the size of a watermelon at 57,500 carats. On January 25th, this fabulous gemston... Read More...
Master of Renewing Old Timepieces
While cell phones are slowing working to push wrist watches out of the picture, many still cling to the comforts of watch hands and a twelve hour dial. ... Read More...
Jewelry Trends for 2012
Every year, every industry witnesses new trends... check out what you can expect from 2012 in the jewelry industry from JCK Magazine.
The 192... Read More...
Fossil, the new owner of Skagen Designs
Fossil plans to add another noted jewelry name to its business, pending a $225 million cash payment to Skagen Designs as well as purchase of 150,000 com... Read More...
Defining “Dictator Diamonds”
Let's start with a little refresher on some common diamond industry terms:
Conflict Diamonds: Defined as the Kimberley Process and the United Nations a... Read More...
Warning: Irradiated Columbian Emeralds
Rumors about irradiated emeralds from Columbia have been floating around for months, and last week, for the first time, American Gemological Laboratorie... Read More...
Do-It-Yourself Wedding Rings
A wedding ring is a unique symbol of the love that a couple shares, of the vows they will make. What if you could make the wedding band you will place o... Read More...
New AuRACLE Gold Tester is Unveiled
Yesterday at the JCK show in Las Vegas, GemOro unveiled their new AuRACLE AGT-2 gold tester. Bill Esslinger, owner of Esslinger.com was so impressed tha... Read More...
British Royal Jewels on Display
Are you a jewelry fanatic? Fascinated by the jewels of the royal families that have been collected over centuries of wealth and prosperity? Coming in August and... Read More...
JCK’s 10 Revolutionary Jewelry Products
JCK has released their list of the 10 Revolutionary Jewelry Products. What criteria would you use to define the ten most revolutionary jewelry products if it we... Read More...
Alaska Gold Mine Rejected
Voters in the Lake and Peninsula boroughs approved a plan that would stop the construction of the Pebble Gold Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska.The controversial ... Read More...
Top Stories of 2011
Here are just a couple of the top stories from 2011:
136 Carat Yellow Diamond found in Russia
Elizabeth Taylor's Jewelry Auction set for D... Read More...
Glass-Filled Ruby Alert
In recent months, various trade organizations have raised the issue of a number of lead-glass-filled rubies being sold in US department stores and Caribbean sho... Read More...