The Weekly Gems: News and Videos from Around the Web

Solidarity with Israel and jewelers’ unusual confessions feature in this week’s roundup of stories from across the industry.

Going hardcore

Have you ever considered South African diamond mines as a honeymoon destination? Would you name your daughter GIA? How many different diamond shapes can you choose for tattoos? Instore reveals some crazy things jewelers have done.

100% safe

A 23-year-old jewelry-store customer was trapped in a locked safe room for about 10 hours overnight inside New York’s 580 Fifth Avenue, which houses multiple small jewelry stores and vaults. He was only freed when the doors, on a timer, popped open.

Shared values

The Israeli Diamond Exchange (IDE) shared a video calling on the international diamond community to stand with Israel after the October 7 terrorist attacks. “[The terrorists] attacked not only Israel, but the shared values of the world diamond community: peace, justice, freedom, and brotherhood,” president Boaz Moldawsky claimed in an introduction to the video.

Trendy vibes

Mood rings — one of the biggest fashion fads of the 1970s — are back. They are credited with being able to “identify” the mood of the ring wearer by a corresponding color. But how accurate are they?