“Speak softly and carry a big stick” is a saying well applied to Oscar Heyman & Brothers. Since this band of brothers formed a company on New York’s Maiden Lane in 1912, they have quietly and ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

It only takes a brief dip into jewelry archives to understand the role pearls have played in history. Pearls were, after all, the gem of choice for international nobility, and to some degree, they ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has updated the terms it will use to describe lab-grown on reports, to distinguish them further from natural diamonds. The new nomenclature will use ...

In the past, jewelry clients would rank authenticity, value, durability and rarity as essential qualities when deciding on a diamond or gemstone, with mine-to-market traceability being desirable but ...

The diamond industry is undergoing a significant and transformative shake-up. With a major dip in natural-diamond prices, many companies have either diversified their operations to include both ...

What is a jewel worth? This is the question an auction house must ask when determining an estimate. On the surface, the estimate represents a calculated projection. In truth, the estimate is a ...

Last year, British jeweler Boodles inked a deal with Rio Tinto to gain direct access to diamonds from the latter’s Diavik mine in Canada, as well as to the remaining pink diamonds from the miner’s now ...

The diamond-manufacturing industry has made significant strides in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into scanning, planning, polishing, quality control, and other elements of the process.

Since launching a flagship store in Tribeca in 2018, FoundRae founder and creative director Beth Hutchens has added a second location in central Manhattan. The new boutique’s vibrant red interior ...

The US has placed tariffs of 10% on imports from all countries and higher duties on India, prompting concern and uncertainty in the diamond and jewelry industry. US President Donald Trump announced ...