Clarity
Clarity is a critical factor in diamond and gemstone grading, directly impacting value, consumer confidence, and retail pricing across the jewellery trade. For UK jewellers, designers, and wholesalers, understanding clarity standards and educating customers is key to maintaining trust and driving sales in a competitive market.
Jewellery Focus provides authoritative coverage on clarity, including updates from grading laboratories, changes in certification practices, market trends affecting demand for higher or lower clarity grades, and insights into how clarity influences supply chain dynamics. Our reporting supports professionals seeking to navigate the technical and commercial aspects of gemstone quality.
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Mar- 2016 -16 MarchEconomy
BUDGET: CBI welcomes business rates policy
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called George Osborne’s Budget, announced today, a “strong and stable Budget for business facing global stormy waters”. CBI director general, Carolyn Fairbairn, said: “The Chancellor has listened to our concerns about the mounting burden on firms and chosen to back business to grow the economy out…
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15 MarchAuctions
Rare blue diamond could fetch £24.7m at auction
Sotheby’s is set to auction the world’s largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to go under the hammer. The De Beers ‘Millennium Jewel 4’ – set to be auctioned at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale on 5 April, 2016 – is expected to sell for between $30m…
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Jan- 2016 -8 JanuaryRetailers
EXCLUSIVE: Winsor Bishop on track for ‘record’ sales growth
Norwich-based independent jeweller Winsor Bishop is on target to achieve the highest sales growth in its 185-year history, Jewellery Focus can reveal. In the financial year to date (from 1 April to 31 December), the jeweller – which was victim of an armed robbery earlier this year – reported a…
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Dec- 2015 -23 DecemberOpinion
Another step forward in an ongoing challenge
Diamond grading issues have been a hot topic in recent months, but a new ISO Standard could benefit the consumer and retailer. STELLA LAYTON, chief assay master at the Birmingham Assay Office, explains.[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The industry has come a long way since we staged our first Great Debate…
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Nov- 2015 -30 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Petra recovers 23-carat pink diamond
Petra Diamonds has announced the recovery of a 23.16-carat pink diamond from its Williamson mine in Tanzania. The pink diamond is described as having “exceptional colour and clarity” and is an example of the high-quality pink diamonds for which Williamson is known. Petra said it is its “most significant” recovery…
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Sep- 2015 -21 SeptemberAuctions
Sotheby’s to auction rare 12ct ‘Blue Moon’ diamond
Auction house Sotheby’s Geneva is set to auction the rare ‘Blue Moon’ diamond with an estimated value of $35-55m (£22.6m-£35.4m). The diamond is the centrepiece of the ‘Magnificent Jewels’ auction and Noble Jewels in Geneva on November 11. It weighs 12.03 carats and has been graded ‘fancy vivid blue’, the…
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Aug- 2015 -4 AugustProduct Launches
GIA introduces digital Diamond Focus Report’
The Gemmological Institute of America (GIA) has announced a new digital Diamond Focus Report. The low-cost digital report will be for natural, D-to-Z colour, round brilliant-cut diamonds that weigh between 0.15 and 0.29 carats. The information included in the report – which includes carat weight, color, clarity, cut grades, polish…
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Jul- 2015 -28 JulyTrade Organisations
Ernie Blom praises new ISO standard for diamonds
President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), Ernie Blom, has praised the release of a new ISO standard for diamonds. ISO International Standard 18323: Jewellery – Consumer confidence in the diamond industry, provides a series of definitions which aim to provide clarity for traders and to maintain consumer…
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24 JulyTrade Organisations
AnchorCert backs new Diamond ISO Standard
The Birmingham Assay Office’s AnchorCert Gem Lab has welcomed the recent publication of a new diamond ISO Standard. The standard, entitled ‘Consumer Confidence in the Diamond Industry’, was published on 1st July, and AnchorCert described it as a “refreshingly simple and concise document intended to help the consumer understand the different choices available to them”.…
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8 JulyCurrent Affairs
Summer Budget 2015: Sunday trading could be extended
Sunday trading hours could be extended to give businesses greater flexibility over their weekend opening hours, the Chancellor George Osborne has announced. Speaking at the Summer Budget 2015, the first all-Conservative budget speech since 1996, Osborne said that elected mayors and councils could be given powers to relax local laws…
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