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Rio Tinto Reveals Six 'Heroes' From The 2020 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender

Rio Tinto recently unveiled the six 'hero' diamonds from its 2020 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, a collection of the rarest diamonds from a year's worth of production at the Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western A..

Music Friday: Mama Rose Calls Mr. Goldstone A Gem In Broadway Revival Of 'Gypsy'

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fun songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, Tony Award winner Patti LuPone calls Mr. Goldstone 'a gem' in a witty tune from the 2008 revival of the 1959 B..

KC Chiefs Super Bowl Ring Gleams With 255 Diamonds And 36 Rubies

The Kansas City Chiefs received their championship rings on Tuesday during a socially distanced private celebration at Arrowhead Stadium. Each Super Bowl ring features 255 diamonds and 36 rubies for a total gem carat weight of 10.85 carats. ..

Birthstone Feature: 'Blue Belle Of Asia' Crushed The Sapphire World Record In 2014

In honor of September's official birthstone, we're revisiting a magnificent 392-carat blue sapphire that smashed an auction record when it sold for $17.3 million at Christie's Geneva in 2014. It remains the highest price paid at auc..

Rough Diamond Oddities Are Chronicled On Alrosa's Instagram Page

As the world's leading diamond producer, Russia's Alrosa Group gets to see a lot of rough stones ' from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Among the 40 million carats that are sorted in an average year, a handful of exception..

Next Stop On The National Gem Gallery Virtual Tour Is The 'Hall Sapphire Necklace'

Featuring 36 cushion-cut Sri Lankan sapphires totaling 195 carats, the spectacular 'Hall Sapphire Necklace' is the next stop on our virtual tour of the Smithsonian's National Gem Collection, which resides in the Janet Annenberg Hook..

Music Friday: The Kingston Trio Sings About A 'Priceless Gem Of Perfection'

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, we flip the 45 of The Kingston Trio's 1958 chart-topping hit, 'Tom Dooley,' to find a surprising gem..

Israeli Teenagers Unearth Hoard Of 425 Gold Coins Dating Back 1,100 Years

Israeli teenagers unearthed a hoard of 425 ancient gold coins while volunteering at an archeological site during their summer vacations. The two youths were helping the Israel Antiquities Authority with an excavation in the central part of the coun..

Gal Gadot Becomes The 4th Woman To Ever Wear The 128-Carat 'Tiffany Diamond'

Actress Gal Gadot gets to wear the 128.54-carat 'Tiffany Diamond' in the soon-to-be-released big screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile. The famous ' but rarely worn ' gem dangles from a platinum necklace f..

'Aussie Gold Hunters' Find A Pair Of Gold Nuggets Weighing A Combined 7.7 Pounds

Within the span of just a few hours, a family of gold prospectors pulled two huge gold nuggets from the ground near Tarnagulla in the Australian state of Victoria. The dramatic scene played out during Thursday's episode of Aussie Gold Hunte..

Lesotho's Latest Colossal Gem-Quality Diamond Weighs In At 442 Carats

The Lets?eng mine in the tiny southern African kingdom of Lesotho has produced another colossal gem-quality diamond. The 442-carat, Type IIa stone could be worth as much as $18 million. The still-unnamed rough gem is the fifth-largest ge..

$1.5 Million Diamond-Studded Protective Mask Is The Most Expensive In The World

Hustling to meet a billionaire's December 31 deadline, Israeli luxury brand Yvel has assembled a team of 25 jewelers and diamond setters to fabricate a COVID-19 protective mask decorated with 3,608 black ..

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