Sarah Jordan

Grounded in Science: Where Tech and Mining Converge

Finding deposits and extracting stones can be costly and high-risk, but new innovations are leveling the playing field.

Young Diamond Buyers Still Want Grading Certificates

Demand for origin and quality reports is as strong as ever, with labs finding new ways to provide the information.

On Point: The Marquise

With elongated diamonds getting lots of consumer love, this tapered cut is finding new audiences

Technology Tackles Lab-Grown Detection

Scanning for solutions: New devices are pushing boundaries in the quest to identify synthetics reliably and accurately.

Why Diamond Companies Should Recruit Tech Experts to Their Teams

Human resources: As the industry moves into the digital age, it pays to hire professionals from outside the trade – and upskill the existing workforce.

Tracr Aims to Be the Trade’s One-Track Solution

Now that De Beers’ diamond blockchain platform is open to the entire industry, the next step is to get more brands and miners to sign on.

One Luxury Group’s Big Plan to Take a Bite Out of Crime

Richemont’s new Enquirus database program aims to help combat jewelry and timepiece theft.

Cartier’s Looking Glass Is Luxury’s Latest Frontier

Mirror imaging: The French brand’s virtual try-on device shows that the future of jewelry retail has arrived. Will the house’s competitors follow its lead?

Synthetic Diamonds Are Having a Quantum Effect

Lab tech: Grown stones’ chemical properties are spurring progress in computing, sustainable energy, and other emerging fields.

The Data Vault That Keeps Diamonds Secure

HB Antwerp’s new Capsule device promises to lock in the details of a stone’s origins via blockchain.
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