Gemstones are valued based on the Four Cs - color, clarity, cut, and carat. Precious stones include diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. Semi-precious stones are evaluated on their rarity and ...

The portrait cut, which produces a thin, flat stone, has enchanted a new generation of designers and clients. By Tanya Dukes The main attraction of any diamond is its eye-catching sparkle. Or is it?

Gem Diamonds said it continued cutting costs during the first quarter of 2009 to cope with the global downturn in diamond prices.Weakness in the market persisted into 2009, the firm said, though from ...

Ahead of the Union Budget, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) have urged the government to reduce import duty on gold and cut and polished diamonds to help the sector stay ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Visitors find small diamonds at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro fairly often. More than 200 have already been claimed this year, more than 30,000 have been discovered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Matthams Spencer is a Paris-based writer who covers jewelry. When entrepreneur Olga Pekarevskaia was looking for a new way to ...

Thieves didn’t take the 140-carat Regent Diamond during the Louvre museum heist. Here’s the story behind the supposedly ...