When most of us think of diamonds, we tend to think of a pure and colourless stone with no hue. But the truth is, diamonds come in a wide and diverse range of colours. The…
Today, in western civilisation, diamond rings are synonymous with betrothal. However, the diamond engagement ring, as we know it today, is a relatively new custom. Although diamonds were used as ring ornamentation for many centuries,…
In the late 1990s the Sierra Leone and Angola civil wars put the issue of conflict diamonds at the forefront of global consciousness. The broader jewellery industry was unfairly demonised as contributing to these conflicts,…
From its formation hundreds of kilometres below the earth’s surface to its brilliant metamorphosis into someone’s cherished engagement ring, the journey of a diamond from mine to ring can take up to 3.3 billion years.…
