The Diamond Blog

The anchor of the diamond trade is its rough diamond sector, which on an ongoing basis generates a steady flow of merchandise from mine to market.

The pipeline is is a figurative pathway along which the diamond travels from the depths of the earth to the ring upon the finger of a bride.

Each September, jewelers from around the world gather at International Jewellery London (IJL), the UK’s leading event for the jewelry industry.

The Argyle Everglow, which is said by the company to be the largest fancy red diamond ever to feature in the history of the enterprise.

Fancy blue colored diamonds strongly outperformed all other diamond price categories during the second quarter of 2017.

Reputation is a critical factor in maintaining consumer confidence, especially for a non-essential luxury product like a gem-quality diamond.

Natural-color black diamonds generally are completely opaque, with a high luster, which provides the stones with a metallic appearance.

API is not a one size fits all option, and a company would be wise to consider the various strategies available before taking the plunge.

The ability of jewelers to offer online a large variety of inventory is of critical importance, and increasingly the preferred tools are APIs.

The Internet today is possibly the most important tool that you have for getting the client into your diamond jewelry store.

Natural brown diamonds range in tone from very light to very dark, with the most popular varieties being medium to dark colors.

Ranging in intensity from faint green to intense green, pure green stones are known to exist, but more often the come with one or even two secondary hues.

The four Cs form the basis of any diamond grading report, or, as they commonly are called in the trade, diamond grading certificates.

Yellow diamonds are considered to be fancy colored when they fall outside the traditional D-to-Z range

Predominantly red diamonds are one of the rarest items found in nature. This refers to a stone with red as the primary color, with no secondary hues

The Chinese economy grew by 6.9 percent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2017, its strongest expansion in about 18 months.

This year the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair will celebrate its 30th anniversary, with about 2,200 exhibitors from 41 countries and regions

In the opinion of MID`s team in Las Vegas, if anything, the 2017 U.S. jewelry show was better than the one in 2016.

MID’s massive collection features white and fancy-colored loose diamonds of all shapes and sizes and a collection of unique, high-end diamond jewelry.

Blue diamonds are exceedingly rare, constituting less than one-tenth of a percent of all fancy colored diamonds.

MID House of Diamonds is of the world’s preeminent suppliers of fancy-colored diamonds, with a large and varied stock that includes many exceptional stones.

The MID Online service is not simply a search tool, but a comprehensive business application. that looks for diamonds, prices and presents them.

For four days the 2017 JCK Show in Las Vegas will grab the attention of the trades, and for the 20th year running MID House of Diamonds will be there.

MID’s online diamond sales platform is is designed to provide confidence to buyers.

For 43 days over 12 months, MID sales executives will staff company booths at a variety of diamond and jewelry trade fairs in eight different countries.