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Music Friday: Seratones Remind You to ‘Keep a Diamond in Your Mind’

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you new tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the Seratones — ...

Frequent Visitor Lands 2.38-Carat ‘Frankenstone’ at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Adam Hardin, an avid amateur diamond hunter and frequent visitor to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, recently landed a 2.38-carat brown sparkler — ...

Cullinan-Sourced, 103-Carat ‘Light of Africa Diamond’ to Headline Christie’s NY Sale

Sourced at the celebrated Cullinan mine in South Africa, the internally flawless, 103.49-carat, emerald-cut gem known as “The Light of Africa Diamond” will headline the ...

167-Carat ‘Mackay Emerald’ Was Prized Possession of Opera Star Anna Case

Here’s the story about how an impoverished New Jersey youngster became a prima donna at the New York Metropolitan Opera, married a telecommunications executive and ...

Diamond’s Amazing Properties to Revolutionize the World of Quantum Computing

Japanese researchers have created an ultra-pure, two-inch-wide diamond wafer that has the storage capacity of 25 billion gigabytes. That’s equivalent to the information on one ...

Music Friday: Hank Williams Jr. Falls for a Beauty Selling Silver and Turquoise Jewelry

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you classic tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Hank Williams Jr. ...

‘De Beers Blue’ Comes Within a Whisker of Setting New Auction Record

The 15.10-carat “De Beers Blue” came within a whisker of setting a new world record for the priciest vivid blue diamond ever sold at auction. ...

Jewelry Category to Break Another Sales Record This Mother’s Day, Predicts NRF

Mother’s Day 2022 jewelry sales are expected to hit $7 billion, making it the fastest-growing and highest-volume gift-giving category for the second year in a ...

Giant Kelp to Play a Key Role in Diamond Miner’s Carbon-Neutral Initiative

Climbing to a height of 175 feet or more, giant kelp will be playing a key role in De Beers’ ambitious efforts to achieve carbon ...

Queen Elizabeth II Barbie Doll Wears Replica of the Famous ‘Fringe Tiara’

Mattel’s newest Barbie doll is literally fit for a queen. Sculpted in the likeness of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, the new Barbie Signature Queen Elizabeth II ...

Music Friday: The Light Inside of All of Us Is Like a Diamond, Sings Avril Lavigne

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you uplifting songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, newly engaged Canadian ...

Valued at Just $415, College Football’s Championship Ring Still Packs a Punch

Unlike Super Bowl rings that can be worth upwards of $35,000 apiece, college football’s National Championship rings cannot exceed $415 in value, according to NCAA ...