The Rapaport Group, a global diamond marketplace and benchmark price list provider, has published its Natural Diamond Policy and reiterated the stance against supporting synthetic diamonds.
Rapaport emphasized that its platforms, pricing systems, and services would remain dedicated solely to natural diamonds to draw a clear distinction between mined and manmade stones.
"Rapaport Natural Diamond Policy, shared with Rapaport’s global team and released externally, establishes a clear line in the market: Rapaport will exclusively support natural diamonds and will not engage with or promote synthetic alternatives," the company said in a statement.
"If companies choose to deal in synthetic diamonds at all, they should not be sold alongside natural diamonds but clearly relegated to the category of imitation and non-natural products such as zirconia, moissanite, and crystals."
The group’s press service noted that the policy is set to reaffirm the longstanding stance of its founder Martin Rapaport (now chairman of the board), and to reinforce the organization’s continued commitment to its core principles.
Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished
