Triple X diamond is a trade term referring to stones that have Excellent cut, polish and symmetry on their GIA grading reports. GIA does not use this term but many jewelers do. Does Triple X rating matter and should you pay more for a Triple X diamond? In this blog
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More good news from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho: Gem Diamonds has announced the recovery of a high-quality white diamond weighing 114 carats – the second diamond bigger than 100 carats it has found this year. Credit: Gem Diamonds In February, Gem Diamonds recovered an exceptional 183 carat
Russian mining giant Alrosa has unearthed its first colored rough diamond at the new Verkhne-Munskoye deposit in Yakutia. The deposit started operations in 2018. Credit: Alrosa The stone is a bright yellow gem-quality diamond weighing 17.44 carats, recovered in mid-February from the Zapolyarnaya kimberlite pipe. In a press
Lucapa Diamond has published the results from the search for the hard-rock source of the diamonds within the Lulo diamond field in Angola, announcing it has found 45 diamonds weighing 30.3 carats – some of which are Fancy and rare. Credit: Lucapa According to a press release, the
Gem Diamonds has recovered an exceptional 183 carat white Type IIa diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho. Credit: Gem Diamonds On the same day (February 3), the company also recovered two different high quality diamonds – one of 89 carats and the other of 70 carats, from
South African diamonds gave birth to the modern diamond industry. Two teenagers — Erasmus Jacobs and Cecil Rhodes — helped make this happen. Learn how Jacobs found the first South African diamond and how Rhodes built up a diamond empire. In this blog, we’ll cover: Erasmus Jacobs’ Surprise DiscoveryCecil Rhodes’