According to data by jewelry insurance company BriteCo, lab-grown diamonds made up approximately 28.4% of engagement ring sales in 2021—and that figure has been steadily increasing since.
It sold for more than twice its estimate, at $4.81 million. Experts believe that some of the diamonds may be linked to the infamous “Affair of the Diamond Necklace.” That theory is supported ...
Mwanza and Rodriguez are on opposite ends of an $81.4 billion-a-year industry that links the mines of Africa, home to 65% of the world’s diamonds, with the sparkling salesrooms of high-end ...
For example, a 50-point diamond weighs 0.50 carats. But two diamonds of equal weight can have very different values depending on the other members of the Four C’s: clarity, color and cut. The majority ...