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4 weeks ago | 
jewellermagazine.com | Samuel Ord |Garry L. Holloway |Mikaelah Egan
Swarovski recently reported a substantial increase in sales over the past financial year, driven by the popularity of lab-created diamonds. A recent study from the US found that 52 per cent of couples purchased an engagement ring featuring lab-created diamonds in the past year. In contrast, while sales at Signet have declined in recent months, the company has reportedly prioritised a more apparent distinction between natural and lab-created products.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Samuel Ord |Mikaelah Egan
After two decades, the US occupation of Afghanistan concluded in August 2021, and the World Bank estimates that the country’s economy has shrunk by 25 per cent over the past two years. In a bid to revive the economy, the Taliban is reportedly prioritising the sale of natural resources, which includes weekly emerald auctions.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Samuel Ord |Mikaelah Egan |Justin K Prim
Sapphire miner Matt Betteridge revealed his discovery of a 394-carat sapphire on social media. He explained that with the area recently hit with heavy rain, he decided to undertake some fossicking. In an interview with Yahoo, he said that the gemstone had been ‘waiting to be found’. While it won’t be faceted into a gemstone and has a modest commercial value, Betteridge said it will be kept as a prized possession. “It's not going to be faceted into a big gem or nothing.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Samuel Ord |Mikaelah Egan |Justin K Prim
Sapphire miner Matt Betteridge revealed his discovery of a 394-carat sapphire on social media. He explained that with the area recently hit with heavy rain, he decided to undertake some fossicking. In an interview with Yahoo, he said that the gemstone had been ‘waiting to be found’. While it won’t be faceted into a gemstone and has a modest commercial value, Betteridge said it will be kept as a prized possession. “It's not going to be faceted into a big gem or nothing.
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May 1, 2024 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Teaghan Hall |Kathryn Wyatt |Mikaelah Egan |Samuel Ord
Born in 1921, Whincup was a pioneering female figure in earth sciences and gemmology in Australia. She graduated from Melbourne University in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and chemistry and completed her Master of Science in 1943. She was married to Charles Reginald Whincup, a Royal Australian Air Force flight officer who died while serving in the Second World War. Whincup gave birth to their son, Peter Reginald Whincup, in 1944, the same year she published her master’s thesis.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Kathryn Wyatt |Mikaelah Egan
In this issue, we will take a temporary break from biographical reflections on influential individuals and instead focus on the changing nature of the field. Gemmologists are, in many ways, the ‘unsung heroes’ in the world of gemstones and jewellery. They are pivotal in an industry built on beauty, rarity, and value. Contrary to popular belief, gemmology is not a recent development.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Kathryn Wyatt |Mikaelah Egan |Samuel Ord |Stephanie Chan
Hoover completed a Doctor of Science equivalent to a PhD at the Colorado School of Mines in Denver, US. Hoover worked for a long time with the United States Geological Survey as a senior scientist specialising in seismology, volcanology, geothermal energy, and nuclear waste disposal. After he retired from USGS in the 1980s, he delved further into gemmology. He was known for his energy and enthusiasm, particularly regarding geological and gemmological discovery and research.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Samuel Ord |Mikaelah Egan |Stephanie Chan
Alrosa, as well as CEO Pavel Marinychev, have been added to the Official Journal of the European Union as people and entities whose funds and economic resources are to be frozen. The EU also forbids its citizens and companies from making funds and economic resources available to/or for the benefit of the people on the list.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Samuel Ord |Mikaelah Egan |Stephanie Chan
The supposed purpose of the sanctions is to limit Russia’s ability to finance the war in Ukraine with the sale of diamonds. The sanctions reportedly include new ‘import and export bans’. The European Commission - the EU’s foreign affairs and security policy representative - submitted the proposal to the European Council. A spokesperson for the Commission told Rapaport News that the proposal requires unanimous approval.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
jewellermagazine.com | Mikaelah Egan |Kathryn Wyatt |Samuel Ord |Stephanie Chan
Born in August of 1910 in Greenwich (NSW), Jack Stanley Taylor was one of the founders of the Gemmological Association of Australia (GAA) and is referred to as the ‘father of Australian lapidary.’Taylor’s grandfather and father were both jewellers, the founders of fine jewellery retailer W.C. Taylor & Co. The family-run business opened in the 1920s on King Street in the Sydney Arcade and operated as a specialist in diamond jewellery until the 1960s.
