Gem Focus – August 2023 – Featuring Lab-Grown Diamonds: The topic that consumes us
Prices continue to slide, market share has skyrocketed, and the trade can’t stop talking about lab-grown diamonds.
*Gem Focus & Market Pulse (Free Subscriber)Prices continue to slide, market share has skyrocketed, and the trade can’t stop talking about lab-grown diamonds.
*Gem Focus & Market Pulse (Free Subscriber)Here’s how much mining and trading activity is going on with the Taliban in power.
The Trade in FocusThey are now listed on the Specially Designated Nationals list.
The Trade in FocusHere’s what buyers and exhibitors had to say about the event.
The Trade in FocusSupply shortages seen over the past few years are slowly working themselves out, but cultured pearls have shown their strength and now are seeing prices tick up as global demand does too.
Featured ArticlesSupply shortages are always important topics of conversation for the trade, but can current high rough prices be attributed to more than that?
Featured ArticlesIn the past few months, polished prices continued their downward slide, and G7 countries met to talk about sanctions against Russian diamonds, saying they’d continue working toward them.
Diamond MarketThe typical summer slowdown brings an expected easing of demand for U.S. colored stone dealers.
Colored Stone MarketTrapiche emeralds are far from common and generally not available “off the shelf;” availability is sporadic at best.
Gem NotesWhen multiple parties claim to be the rightful owners of a piece of property, there’s a solution that lets the court work it out, and it’s called an interpleader.
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