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Wow, I've seen one of these caves before but this shows there are quite of few more of them in various places around the globe, and the investigation tries to explain the differences in the crystal formations in the various caves. I hope you find this one as interesting and informative as I did. 8-)...

I was surprised to read this since the last we heard was that after the cyberattack they were left with a non-functioning website, which is still down so they did this live auction on YT, so kudos to them for pulling this off despite that setback. Here's what was sold, and quite a few of them went f...

Here's the latest advice from Lillian Raji for designers, on how to capitalize on free PR, such as was given to the designer in this article. She always has good ideas and her prime objective is to help others make the most of what they're doing so I hope you find this both interesting and informati...

Looks like there's a shakeup going on in the diamond mining industry with Anglo announcing they plan to divest themselves of their De Beers holdings last week, and now Lucapa wanting to dump its Mothae mine in lesotho. We'll have to wait to see how all these divestments play out. ;) Lucapa to Shed S...

The big yellow diamond sold, but the yellow and white diamond Cartier brooch was pulled from the auction at the last minute, so I hope we get to find out why because it was spectacular. ;) One Yellow Diamond Scores Big at Auction as Another Is Withdrawn By Rob Bates | May 16, 2024 https://www.jckonl...

A big congrats to Jared on their collab with Shy Dayan of Shy Creation for their latest collection, and I love the necklace in the photo, plus the drop earrings directly below it in the photo even though the other earrings appear to match the necklace better. Aw heck, I'll just take all three :lol: ...

This one gives us more information on Anglo's plans and reasons for wanting to divest from De Beers as well as their platinum holdings, so here's the scoop so far and I'll keep you posted as this plays out. ;) Anglo Reportedly Eyeing De Beers IPO By Rob Bates | May 15, 2024 https://www.jckonline.com...

Aside from the pendant in the lead pic which I don't care for, the other items are all very nice, and the turquoise bead necklace has an opal hanging from it so at least we get our 'opal fix' for the day; but being into owls as I have been for decades I love the owl cuff best despite the fact that i...

Oh good grief, the CEO at the time was selectively manipulating assays to make them appear better than they were, but the company says it didn't do much to alter their figures. Here's what went down during the former CEO's tenure from mining.com. :roll: Red Pine plans new resource, downplays alleged...

I didn't think I'd be posting this one for you but after reading it I decided our sellers could benefit from finding out exactly what's selling these days, so I hope some of y'all can use this information to boost your sales. ;) Brilliant Earth’s Sales Fall Flat in Q1 https://nationaljeweler.com/upl...