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Diamonds (all years)

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Auctions
Awards
Branding of diamonds, general
Colored diamonds
Conflict diamonds
Consumer advertising
Crystalline structure
Cut
E-commerce
Education
Estate and antique pieces
Exhibits
Grading
Inclusions, unique
Inventory
Manufacturing
Mining
Origin, determining
Selling
Setting
Simulants
Synthetic diamonds
Treatment and disclosure
Trends, jewelry design
Trends, market


Auctions

7/04: Bonhams & Butterfields Sets Auction Record

6/01: Diamonds for Charity

6/98: Eva Peron Brooch Brings High Price

5/98: Diamonds at Auction

4/98: Bright as Yellow

Awards

8/04: Right-Hand Ring Style

3/00: Diamonds of the World Unite

3/98: Diamonds-International Awards

Branding of diamonds, general

1/05: Full of Sound & Fury

7/04: Eurostar Moves Forward on Branding

2/04: Beyond Branding

2/04: The Branding Imperative

8/03: All's Kwiat on the Western Front

8/03: Branding Tools for a New Diamond Age

8/03: Find Diamond Marketing That's Right for You

8/03: Get the Glow

8/03: New York State of Mind

8/03: When You're Hot, You're Hot

2/02: Simply Brilliant

10/00: The Coming Diamond Branding War

1/00: Brand Express

1/00: Pick a Word and Brand Your Store Too

11/99: Branding Postponed

10/99: Brave New World

10/99: The Branding Fire

6/99: Branding Brainstorm, Pt. 2

5/99: Branding Brainstorm

3/99: De Beers Branding and the Bench

10/98: 28th World Diamond Congress in Thailand

5/98: De Beers' Laser Inscription

4/98: The Smallest of Signatures

Colored diamonds

auctions, exhibits and collections


1/03: Feast for the Senses


12/99: In the Pink


12/98: Tender in Pink


4/98: Bright as Yellow


2/98: Keen on Color

fancy and designer cuts


7/01: Tolkowsky's Sun Rising


6/01: Vividly Going Fancy

gemology


8/04: Getting to the Green


2/04: Gemesis Gemological Markers


1/04: The Source of Black


9/03: Color Made to Order


1/03: Judging Fancy Color Diamonds: Clarity and Cutting


12/02: Judging Fancy-Color Diamonds: Is the Color Natural?


11/02: Judging Fancy-Color Diamonds


10/02: Fancy-Color Diamonds: A Rainbow of Choices


5/00: GE/POL Yellowish Green Diamonds Enter the Marketplace


10/99: Magnetic Personalities


9/99: Hot Stuff


2/99: A Fancy Spectrum


6/98: In the Red


3/98: Color for the Coffee Table

promotion


8/04: NCDIA Expands

synthetic


9/04: Growing Pinks and Blues


2/04: Gemesis Gemological Markers


2/04: Gemesis: The Retail Marketing Plan


10/99: Magnetic Personalities


3/99: With a Tweak and a Smile

treatments to enhance


10/02: A Fancy for Treated Color

use in jewelry


5/03: Full Spectrum


11/02: Pop Some Champagne


11/02: Rainbow Magnetism


6/02: Champagne Diamonds® Stage a Comeback


9/01: Black Beauty


6/99: Affordable Pink Fancy


5/99: Powerful Pavé


4/99: Nature's Expressions

Conflict diamonds

background and impact of


6/03: Study Cites Al Qaeda Link to Diamonds


1/02: Rough Cuts [cartoon series]


1/02: Sales of Sierra Leone Diamonds Linked to al Qaeda


7/01: Africa: Cry the Beloved Continent


5/01: Let's Help Sierra Leone Recover – Now


2/01: Angola's Tangled Web


12/00: People to People


7/00: Conflict Diamonds: The Moral Issues


7/00: Conflict vs. Non-Conflict

consumer awareness of


5/05: An Explosive Combination


5/05: Print Ad Debuts for Diamonds for Humanity


5/01: Rough Cuts (cartoon series)


4/01: Consumer Campaign Targets Conflict Diamonds


10/00: Be Prepared


9/00: JA Prepares Guides on Conflict Diamonds


8/00: Rough Cuts [cartoon series]


1/00: Angola Agony

legislation and certification against


7/04: WDC Wants Annual Reports for Kimberley Compliance


6/04: JA's Call to Action


5/04: Conflict Diamonds: Are Jewelers Doing Enough?


12/03: Kimberley Peer Review: DRC Will Be the Test


10/03: Kimberley Now Fully Effective


7/03: Kimberley Nations Meet


6/03: 'Are These Diamonds Conflict-Free?'


6/03: Congress Passes Act Giving Customs Service Kimberley Authority


4/03: WDC Publishes Kimberley Guide


3/03: Rough Cuts [cartoon series]


2/03: Can the Kimberley System Thwart Terrorists?


2/03: U.S. Has New Agency to Issue Kimberley Certificates


1/03: JA Issues Guidance to Members on Kimberley Process Compliance


1/03: The Achilles Heel of the Kimberley System


12/02: AIDS: Africa's Much Bigger Problem


12/02: Fifty Nations Adopt Kimberley System


12/02: WDC Approves Warranty System to Support Kimberley


11/02: US. Can Enforce Kimberley Rules Without Legislation


5/02: Keep the Kimberley Process Alive


4/02: Conflict Diamonds Update


1/02: I Can See Clearly Now: Transparency is Forever


12/01: Kimberley Process Inches Forward


10/01: Conflict Diamonds: It's Lobbying Time


8/01: Industry, Human Rights Groups, Congress Unite on New Conflict Diamonds Bill


7/01: Letters


6/01: A Conflict Diamonds Bill Jewelers Can Support


4/01: African Officials Criticize Human Rights Groups


4/01: Consumer Campaign Targets Conflict Diamonds


4/01: Mr. & Mrs. Jeweler Go to Washington


3/01: WDC Sets Sept. 1 Deadline for Conflict Diamond Controls


2/01: Conflict Diamonds: Keep the Pressure On


12/00: Conflict Diamond Update


12/00: Rough Cuts [cartoon series]


10/00: Rand Gives Proof


9/00: Conflict Diamonds: A Resolution


9/00: Conflict Diamonds: The Proactive Approach


8/00: Conflict Resolution


8/00: DDC's Conflict Diamonds Solution


7/00: DDC Takes Stand on Conflict Diamonds


5/00: Dirty Diamond Debate Continues


2/00: Mission Impossible

Consumer advertising

5/05: Right-Hand Rings, Round Two

3/05: Diamonds Opportuntiy: Cash in on Anniversaries

11/04: Emotion Rules in Fall Ad Campaigns

6/04: Origin Matters

6/04: The Rings Win

5/04: DPS Restructures

5/04: Right-Hand Rings, Year Two

4/04: DTC to Promote Anniversaries

12/03: DTC Unwraps Holiday Ads

12/03: Whose DTC Is it, Anyway?

11/03: Daniel K & Fabrikant Join Forces with Antwerp Diamonds

7/03: DTC Launches Right-Hand Ring Campaign

6/03: Design Your Own Ring Feature Expands

6/03: DTC Aims for 50% Growth in Next Decade

4/03: De Beers' 2002 Sales Rise

2/03: Hearts on Fire Creates Diamond Noise

2/03: London Calling

12/02: More DTC Promotion for the Holidays

9/02: DTC Announces Fall Ad Campaign for Bigger Diamonds

7/02: Leading Jewelers of the World, Phase 2

6/02: Champagne Diamonds® Stage a Comeback

6/02: Diamond Marketing Takes Time

5/02: DTC Sets 2002 Marketing Plans

8/01: W.B. David Introduces Leading Jewelers of the World(TM)

9/00: A Name is Not Forever

8/00: Lining Up the Diamond Line Bracelet

3/00: Three-Stone Circus

10/99: De Beers Boosts Ad Spending

8/99: Racing Ovals

6/99: Evolution Theory

2/99: De Beers, Diamonds and the Millennium

11/98: Seize the Day

4/98: Coming 'Round

2/98: If it Ain't Broke...

Crystalline structure

3/02: Rough Report

5/01: Feathers and Cleavage

3/01: Face of a Diamond

Cut

branded cuts


2/05: Good Omen


8/04: Glowing Jubilee


5/03: Whoa, Canada


2/03: Perfectly Big


2/03: Pillow Talk


2/03: When Two Hearts Meet


11/02: Diamonds Brands and the Cut Debate


11/02: Fab Four


9/02: Canadian Ice


3/02: Lively Angle


2/02: He Moved His Cheese


12/01: Fancy This


7/01: Tolkowsky's Sun Rising


12/00: Angular Circle


11/00: All in the Family


10/00: Diamond as Art


1/00: Brand Express


1/00: Still Bullish After All These Brands


12/99: A Lie of the Heart


12/98: Gourmet Cuts


11/98: Hearts Under Fire


5/98: A Cut Above


5/98: Diamonds in Context


/: Diamonds Too

fancy shapes


3/04: Ovals Come Full-Circle


3/03: Specialty Cuts Heat Up


3/02: The Match Game


3/02: Two of a Kind


11/01: Oldies but Goodies


11/00: Suspended in Color


6/00: Flight of Fancy


3/00: Can Fancies Be Ideal?


2/00: Pushin' Cushions


8/99: Racing Ovals


1/99: Square Deal

gemology of


6/03: Diamond Valuation: the Cutting Edge (Valuation, Part 2)


7/01: Circle of Fire


7/00: New Diamond Symphony


6/99: Ring Around the Girdle


8/98: Dissecting Ideal


7/98: Making Sense of Cut

GIA study of


10/03: The Human Factor in Diamond Cut: GIA's Ongoing Study


6/02: The Cut Debate


1/02: Study Moves GIA Closer to Cut Grade


3/99: Debating Cut


1/99: GIA's Brilliant Diamond Cut Study


1/99: GIA's Study: The Shot Heard Round the World

grading of


9/04: Let There Be Light!


7/04: Letters: Shining Example


4/04: GIA Nears Release of Diamond-Cut Grading System


6/02: The Cut Debate


1/02: Study Moves GIA Closer to Cut Grade


9/98: Ground Zero

selling


12/04: I Too Can See!


2/99: Match Game


11/98: Mindwalk


8/98: Cutlopedia


7/98: Three Takes on Make

E-commerce

4/04: Fighting Internet Diamond Dominance

4/04: Rough Cuts [cartoon series]

3/04: Loose Diamonds at Retail: Is the Party Over?

4/00: Diamond Site-Holder

Education

9/01: Learning About Diamonds

10/00: DCA Makes Changes

10/00: Picture Perfect

6/99: African Diamond Safari

1/99: Diamond Essentials

1/99: Test Your Vocabulary

6/98: Diamond Power Play

2/98: GIA Offers "Diamond Essentials"

Estate and antique pieces

2/05: Building a Great Museum at GIA

7/01: Women Transformed

6/01: Clever Clips

5/01: Everything's Coming Up Rose Cuts

12/00: The Elegantly Casual Negligée Brooch

6/00: What's Old is New Again

5/00: The Awesome Asscher Cut

2/00: For the Bride

2/00: Pushin' Cushions

5/99: A Millennium of Diamonds

3/99: Bench Wizards

2/99: Tying the Knot

12/98: Scene Maker

10/98: Silent Scintillation

8/98: Straight Up

5/98: Past Lives

3/98: Top Cat

2/98: The Crescent Brooch

Exhibits

2/05: Building a Great Museum at GIA

5/99: A Millennium of Diamonds

3/98: Diamonds of Distinction

2/98: Keen on Color

Grading

equipment


3/04: Kassoy Introduces New Sarin Machine


6/03: EGL USA to Apply Grant to HPHT Study


3/98: State of the Art

fluorescence


10/98: Flourescence Takes a Filtering


5/98: Blue Fluorescence: Good or Bad?

lab reports


11/04: AGS Lab Unveils Changes in Cut Reports


11/04: EGL USA and GemEx Announce Combined Report


1/04: Labs Near Consensus on HPHT Terms


2/02: Mega-Vitamin for Sales


12/01: GIA's New Grading Policy


9/01: IGI Offers Certs to eBay Customers


8/00: Swiss Lab Offers GE/POL Identification Service


6/98: Picture This

Inclusions, unique

9/01: Natural Sketches

7/01: It's a Garnet, Darn it!

Inventory

1/05: JVC Uncovers Undercarating

1/01: Message in a Girdle

9/99: Panel Predicts the Future

7/99: Use the 4Cs to Find Bargains

5/99: Buying Effectively

5/99: Stocking Effectively

8/98: Surviving the Squeeze

Manufacturing

3/05: Tiny Treasures

2/05: Supply Changes Dominate Headlines

2/03: Perfectly Big

2/02: Lev Leviev's Angolan Connection

1/02: The Discreet Tycoon [Lev Leviev]

3/01: Face of a Diamond

12/99: Diamond Supply Update: The Manufacturers

6/98: A New Look at India's Jewelry

5/98: Diamond Pipeline

Mining

Africa


5/05: An Explosive Combination


4/05: Diamond Benefits for Africa


11/04: Grumblings in Diamond Land