There are two suggestions for where the name topaz originated from; one is “topazios” in Greek referring to the island, also known as Zabargad, and the other is “tapaz” in Sanskrit translates as fire. Although Zabargad Island in today’s Egypt is the source
**Gem Focus (Free Subscriber)Laboratory-grown diamonds are seemingly a part of every conversation these days in our industry. Production is currently growing at a rate that would seem to exceed the industry’s capacity to consume. This year, the JCK Las Vegas Show featured a pavilion dedicated to laboratory-grown diamonds.
Featured ArticlesAfter more than a decade, Greenlandic ruby has entered the market in commercial quantities. The combination of affordable pricing and traceable sourcing meet the needs of the current market climate. The flux healing of the…
Featured ArticlesThe jewelry industry has a chance to make a real difference in the health and quality of life for millions of artisanal gold miners, their families and communities. Metallic mercury is a permanent, potent neurotoxin that is increasingly pervasive in the global environment. We can take action to reverse this trend.
Featured ArticlesThe market was set for a disappointing year but some sales are holding up and prices are steady after many months of decline. Rough continues to struggle. De Beers is allowing sightholders to defer some boxes, an unusual practice. Responsible sourcing and origin identification is clearly adding value to diamonds.
Diamond MarketSapphirine is a mineral species, magnesium aluminum silicate. Sapphirine. Gemworld's Gem Note
Gem NotesGEM•ology Through Lotus-Colored Glasses, Gemworld Book Review. nning! That was my reaction as I turned the pages of the latest collaboration from the Lotus GEM•ology team. Inside Out: Gemology Through Lotus-Colored Glasses is an important story told via the micro and macro photography of three of gemology’s greatest experts—if you’ll accept the premise that at the heart of gemology is something far more important than learning the physical properties of stones.
Book ReviewThe unusual combination of pink and orange in one variety resembling an exotic sunset or a lotus flower puts padparadscha in the rare sapphires, arguably the rarest, category.
Market TrendsThe outlook for the holiday season is cautious. Colored stone price levels held firm during an otherwise lackluster Hong Kong show. Color outperforming other areas of the jewelry trade. Price points continue to shift in response tighter spending by millennials.
Colored Stone MarketTourmaline: The Mineral that comes in every Imaginable color.
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