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Botswana’s 20.46-Carat ‘Okavango Blue’ Diamond Is Called a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Find’

Botswana’s 20.46-Carat ‘Okavango Blue’ Diamond Is Called a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Find’

The largest blue diamond ever discovered in Botswana — a brilliant 20.46-carat oval gem with Fancy Deep Blue color and VVS2 clarity — was unveiled ...

Music Friday Flashback: Silver Locket ‘Bears the Name of the Man That Brandy Loved’

Music Friday Flashback: Silver Locket ‘Bears the Name of the Man That Brandy Loved’

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Elliot Lurie and ...

Style Icon Kendall Jenner Tells Elle.com, ‘The Man Should Pick the Engagement Ring’

Style Icon Kendall Jenner Tells Elle.com, ‘The Man Should Pick the Engagement Ring’

Style icon, cover girl, runway model and reality star Kendall Jenner dished to Elle.com on Tuesday that when it comes to picking an engagement ring, ...

Legendary ‘Jonker V’ Diamond Returns to Christie’s Auction Block After Just Two Years

Legendary ‘Jonker V’ Diamond Returns to Christie’s Auction Block After Just Two Years

When the legendary “Jonker V” diamond appeared at Christie’s Hong Kong in May of 2017 with a pre-sale estimate of $2.2 million to $3.6 million, ...

GPS Artist ‘Yassan’ Is Back in the Spotlight as Google Revisits His Epic Proposal

GPS Artist ‘Yassan’ Is Back in the Spotlight as Google Revisits His Epic Proposal

Yasushi “Yassan” Takahashi, the GPS artist who famously zigzagged 4,500 miles across Japan in 2010 to spell out a marriage proposal for his girlfriend, is ...

Principal Diamond Cut From 1,109-Carat Lesedi La Rona Tips the Scales at 302.37 Carats

Principal Diamond Cut From 1,109-Carat Lesedi La Rona Tips the Scales at 302.37 Carats

Back in November, luxury jeweler Laurence Graff revealed that the massive 1,109-carat rough diamond named Lesedi La Rona had yielded 67 “satellite” diamonds ranging in ...

Music Friday: Neil Young Is a Miner for a ‘Heart of Gold’ in the 1971 Classic

Music Friday: Neil Young Is a Miner for a ‘Heart of Gold’ in the 1971 Classic

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you classic songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, the incomparable Neil ...

Boston Red Sox World Series Ring Is a Fitting Tribute to 2018’s ‘Team for the Ages’

Boston Red Sox World Series Ring Is a Fitting Tribute to 2018’s ‘Team for the Ages’

The Boston Red Sox received their bling-tastic 2018 World Series championship rings prior to the team’s home opener on Tuesday afternoon at Fenway Park. Glistening ...

Let’s Celebrate April’s Birthstone With a Close-Up Look at the Oppenheimer Diamond

Let’s Celebrate April’s Birthstone With a Close-Up Look at the Oppenheimer Diamond

In honor of April’s official birthstone, let’s take a close-up look at one of the largest uncut yellow diamonds in the world. At 253.7 carats, ...

Document Paving the Way for the Cutting of World's Largest Diamond Is Up for Sale

Document Paving the Way for the Cutting of World's Largest Diamond Is Up for Sale

The original legal document that set the wheels in motion for the cutting of the 3,106-carat Cullinan — the world's largest rough diamond — will ...

Researchers Find World-Class Blue Spinel on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic

Researchers Find World-Class Blue Spinel on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic

On Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, University of British Columbia researchers discovered deposits of cobalt-blue spinel in qualities that rival the finest in the ...

Music Friday: This Old Chunk of Coal Is Gonna Be a Diamond Someday

Music Friday: This Old Chunk of Coal Is Gonna Be a Diamond Someday

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, country star John ...