Colour
Colour is a key factor in the appeal and value of gemstones, playing a central role in jewellery design, grading, and consumer preferences. For UK jewellers, designers, and suppliers, understanding colour trends and their impact on pricing, sourcing, and sales is vital. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on gemstone colour grading, market analysis, and style trends, as well as insights into consumer demand for coloured stones and innovative uses of colour in contemporary jewellery design.
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Jan- 2021 -27 JanuaryEvents
NDC partners with Lorraine Schwartz on new diamond initiative
The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has partnered with US jewellery designer, Lorraine Schwartz, for its Emerging Designers Diamond Initiative. The partnership will allocate $1m (£729,865) into programmes, which will provide opportunities for designers from the Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) community. The initiative’s goal is to expand the number…
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25 JanuaryManufacturers
HB Antwerp hires Eco-Age for sustainability strategy
HB Antwerp has appointed Eco-Age, sustainability and communications agency, as its retained agency for 2021 to manage strategic partnerships and communications for the business. Established in 2020, HB Antwerp specialises in the procurement of high value rough diamonds and has set up “exclusive partnerships” with some of the world’s leading…
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13 JanuaryManufacturers
Green Rocks Created Diamonds becomes first lab grown grower
Green Rocks Created Diamonds has announced it is the first laboratory grown grower in the world, according to the Gemmological Institute of America’s (GIA) new laboratory grown diamond report. GIA’s report reveals whether the diamond was created by HPHT or CVD, and is the first report which notes whether the…
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12 JanuaryRetailers
Lucapa’s Mothae diamonds sell for £4.1m
Lucapa has announced that a parcel of 4,676 carats rough diamonds from the Mothae kimberlite mine were sold for a total of $5.6 million (£4.1m). The diamond sale marks the largest carat price received from the Mothae mine in its history with the company. The sale included a number of…
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Dec- 2020 -14 DecemberInternational
Lucapa recovers 101 carat diamond
Diamond company Lucapa and its partner, the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (GoL), have announced the recovery of a 101 carat white diamond from the Mothae kimberlite diamond mine in Lesotho. The diamond was measured by the Yehuda colorimeter as D in colour, the largest Type IIa recovery on…
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8 DecemberNews
Vashi to open new flagship store in London
Bespoke jewellery brand Vashi has announced that its new flagship store, located on the corner of London’s Covent Garden Piazza and James Street, will be opening in spring 2021. The new store spans across 4,476 square feet onto two floors, making it the seventh and largest store for the brand.…
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Nov- 2020 -24 NovemberDesigners
Zeemou Zeng reveals The Impressionists collection
Zeemou Zeng has revealed his new jewellery collection, The Impressionists, ahead of the holiday season. The collection of earrings and rings is inspired by Impressionist artists, such as Monet, Seurat, Renoir and Manet. The designer selected particular gemstones that echo these Impressionists’ colour palettes to mirror some of the masterpieces…
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17 NovemberDesigners
Berluti and Hublot announce limited edition watches
Berluti and Hublot’s partnership has announced the launch of a 100 limited editions Big Bang Unico chronograph watches. The partnership, which began four years ago, has focused on bringing together a collaboration of both the watchmakers’ experience with the fashion house’s designs. Both companies reportedly worked “hand in hand”, with…
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13 NovemberAuctions
Largest purple-pink diamond sells for record price
Sotheby’s Geneva has announced the sale of a 14.83-carat pink diamond for $26m (£19.7m), a record price for a sale of its kind at an auction. Named the Spirit of the Rose after a 20th Century Russian ballet, it is the largest purple-pink diamond to ever appear at auction, and…
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Oct- 2020 -8 OctoberProduct Launches
Tag Heuer announces new Monaco timepieces
Tag Heuer has announced three new Monaco timepieces, which are inspired by ‘‘early predecessors’’ in the collection. The Swiss watchmaker’s three models feature the Calibre Heuer 2, an inhouse manufacturing movement at its centre, and a seventies-inspired design. The Calibre Heuer 2 is visible behind the watch’s sapphire crystal caseback…
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