Tuesday, September 11, 2012

four row rough round diamond band rings

Interesting four row rough round diamond band rings sometimes of white gold, but also other alloys.

These are sometimes expensive diamond pieces, but worth it. Various cuts and shapes and clarity can differ. 

Monday, September 10, 2012

rough diamond scales and testing

Get some rough diamonds scales and testing equipment for your diamond mining activities:
For all your jewellery testing and gemmology after mining activities and extraction.

Friday, July 27, 2012

rough diamond prices may increase 2013

Price weakness in precious stones
Diamonds - recovery possible in 2013

Diamonds are also covered by the general turmoil in the commodities markets. The medium-term trend is positive, however.

Diamonds are also the investor's best friend?
In gold or silver, it is very easy to determine the price per ounce, it establishes the stock market problems. For diamonds, the situation is more complicated and complex. The price depends on the size of the stones, the color of purity, from the ground and on various other factors. So you can not just say that one carat will cost a certain sum. However, one can make a difference if it is cut and polished diamonds or rough diamonds.

In particular, the cut stones are currently suffering under the market conditions. They are widely regarded as a symbol of wealth and luxury. These are two properties that meet in the current market situation is not requited love all over. According to the market currently shows a clear price weakness as demand remains too weak.

Rough diamond related robbery in Namibia

Police officers are granted bail

Public interest in order to process millions of alleged robbery continues unabated

"Notwithstanding the fact that they are law enforcers, they must apply the same presumption of innocence as to all defendants." With this statement, Magistrate Judge Ingrid Unengu has explained why it has two police officers accused of robbery yesterday granted bail.


The two accused Michael Shidiwe (left) and Eliaser Amukoto after they received yesterday bail. Windhoek - The two police officers Kashuupulwa Nestor (34) and Mupopwa Mupopiwa are accused along with three alleged accomplices of having stolen a foreign businessman, in May of this year, some 2.2 million N $. The process arising therefrom has caused great public interest and was also followed by a big crowd yesterday in Municipal Court.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

De Beers diamond traders give up de facto monopoly

Mine company purchased precious stones for price support
The South African diamond company De Beers is on its role as guardian
of the most sought-after gemstones in the world. 66 years controlled
the company through its monopoly sales organization, with the Central
Selling Organization (CSO) in London, nearly 65 percent of world trade
rough diamonds.
Now the company will function as the "buyer of last resort" to give
up. This, the Group announced in London. "Our strategic realignment is
one of the most important steps of development of the diamond industry
since the 30s," said Nicky Oppenheimer, chairman of De Beers.
Especially in the U.S. the group has repeatedly accused the monopoly
of the CSO. In future De Beers as a "supplier of choice" (supplier of
choice) act. This means that De Beers stopped buying up the excess
supply of rough diamonds on the market and hoarding in order to
stabilize the diamond price.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Star turns into a diamond planet


Astronomers have discovered a planet in our galaxy of diamond. The small satellite has a higher density than any previously known planet.

Astronomers have discovered a star that was umwgewandelt and compacted to a planet - probably in large part from diamond. The unusual Trabant had a far greater density than any other planet tracked says an international team of researchers at Bonn participation in the U.S. journal "Science."

Once again, super-diamond discovered in South Africa - diamond sales to buyers result.
   Photo: pa / dpa / EPA A planet made of diamond fired the imagination of researchers

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Campbell's rough diamonds to the police

13 years kept under wraps

The story of "blood diamonds" that the British top model Naomi Campbell may have received from ex-Liberian dictator Charles Taylor goes into a new round. A day after the Campbell's statement before the Hague war crimes tribunal before which Taylor is accused of war crimes, are the diamonds in the South African police appeared.

Karin Koller
13 years under lock

A trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Foundation, Jeremy Ratcliff has passed the ominous stones on Thursday, the South African police. Ratcliff confirmed in obtaining the three small stones in front of over 13 years ago by Naomi Campbell to have. Campbell wanted to donate the stones of the Children's Foundation. He was suspicious but the stones were so Ratcliff. He had suspected even then that it could have been a so-called blood diamonds. And do not bring to the Nelson Mandela Foundation with a donation in such