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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Jun- 2019 -11 JuneAnalysis
Making finance more engaging
An engagement ring is one of the most exciting purchases many individuals (or couples) can make. Marriage proposals are causes for joy and celebration. However, the average engagement ring spend in the UK stood at (a not insignificant) £1,483 last year – a huge 89% increase on the year before,…
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5 JuneInternational
Diamond Producers Association releases online tools for retailers
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has launched an expanded offering of educational assets available to the jewellery trade at the international trade show JCK Las Vegas. The association’s new asset package includes a free social media asset library that will be expanded regularly to help retailers feed their digital channels…
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May- 2019 -30 MayCrime
Diamond trader banned for ‘falsifying’ sales invoices
Jan Maarten Asscher, director of Clarity Diamonds, has been banned from running limited companies for 11 years after falsifying high end jewellery sales invoices worth $1.75m (£1.38m), the Insolvency Service has said. His fellow director, Mark Timothy Walker (57), of Ware, has also been banned for nine years after he…
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Apr- 2019 -15 AprilRetailers
Graff unveils ‘world’s largest’ square emerald cut diamond
Multinational jeweller Graff has unveiled the world’s largest square emerald cut diamond, named the Graff Lesedi La Rona. The 302.37 carat gem is the largest highest colour, highest clarity diamond ever certified by the GIA, and according to the group required over 18 months of “meticulous craftsmanship” and marks an…
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9 AprilInternational
WFDB welcomes GIA’s changes to reports for lab-grown diamonds
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has “welcomed” the changes by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to its reports for lab-grown diamonds. The GIA said its reports will be changed to come into line with revisions to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Jewelry Guides announced last year.…
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Dec- 2018 -14 DecemberAuctions
24ct diamond ring auctioned for £1.86m by Bonhams
A step-cut diamond, weighing 24.31 carats, has been sold for £1.86m at Bonhams Fine Jewellery Sale in London. The D colour, internally flawless and Type IIa, diamond was the subject of “fierce bidding” in the saleroom, online, on the phones and eventually sold to a telephone bidder, exceeding its pre-sale…
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3 DecemberFeatures
Why shopfittings, lighting and window displays matter
When selling to the fashion conscientious there is do doubt that presentation is absolutely key. It can make or break a potential sale: if the jewellery looks good on the display, then it has a much higher chance of being purchased. Choosing the right shopfitting, lighting and window displays will…
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Oct- 2018 -31 OctoberInternational
Gemfields uncovers 5,655 carat ‘lion emerald’
Gemfields has uncovered a 5,655 carat Zambian emerald crystal with “remarkable clarity and a perfectly balanced golden green hue”, which has been named ‘Inkalamu’ – the Lion. The gem was discovered at Kagem, Zambia, the world’s largest emerald mine, which is 75% owned by Gemfields and 25% by the Industrial…
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Aug- 2018 -31 AugustAuctions
Five carat fancy pink diamond could fetch £800,000 at auction
An exceedingly rare fine fancy pink diamond weighing 5.03ct will headline Bonhams London Fine Jewellery sale on 26 September. The diamond, which has VS1 clarity, is estimated worth between £600,000-800,000. According to Bonhams unlike all other coloured diamonds, the gem’s colour is caused not by trace elements in their chemical…
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Jun- 2018 -22 JuneEvents
Alrosa launches football collection of diamonds for World Cup
Alrosa has launched a collection of diamonds in celebration of the World Cup named after the countries participating in the tournament. The collection consists of 32 round diamonds, 0.3 carats each of high quality, ranging from D to F color and VVS2 to IF clarity. The diamonds were mined in…
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