Tshepo Molusi: South Africa establishes dedicated diamond retail shop in China

T3 Diamonds founder Tshepo Molusi told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa at the inaugural South Africa Diamond Show in Cape Town that the shop opened an opportunity for diamond manufacturers under the incubation to export their products to China. He...

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Nosiphiwo Mzamo: South Africa’s State Diamond Trader to buy diamonds from other African countries

South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) is set to buy diamonds from other African countries starting with Botswana. SDT’s chief executive Nosiphiwo Mzamo told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa at the country’s inaugural diamond show, which...

10 february 2025

Edahn Golan: Halo effect from lab-grown diamonds driving high demand for large, 2-carat natural stones in the U.S.

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that their research found a halo effect from lab-grown diamonds. He said the trend among lab-grown diamond...

27 january 2025

Paul Zimnisky: We will see a modest recovery in natural diamond demand and prices in 2025

According to Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant based in the New York metro area, the natural diamond industry will see a modest recovery in demand and prices this year. Zimnisky said a moderate recovery would...

13 january 2025

African Diamond Council makes traceability its top priority, wants KP to embrace Authentia.io

The African Diamond Council (ADC) has made traceability its foremost priority and has been contributing to a traceability solution called Authentia.io for the last three and a half years, which is now ready to globally satisfy the traceability...

16 december 2024

Louis Vuitton taps Ana de Armas for high jewelry campaign

04 july 2023

Louis Vuitton has unveiled house ambassador Ana de Armas as the face of its latest high jewelry campaign, featuring its latest Deep Time collection.

For the campaign, the "Blonde" and "No Time to Die" actress is wearing a bustier with a sweetheart neckline but, most importantly, the Bones necklace, featuring an oval-cut Australian opal of more than 43 carats, a 20.93 carat pear-cut Paraiba tourmaline, nearly 100 carats of emerald-cut tanzanites - and white diamonds galore.

The piece took some 4,430 hours to make and is said to be the most complex of the French luxury house’s necklaces to date, yahoo.com wrote.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished