Interesting news about the precious gems, diamonds and jewellery .
1/12/10
A platinum diamond and onyx panther bracelet made by Cartier, Paris in 1952 – sold after intense competition from four bidders for £4.5 million (€5.3m).
The price established a new record for an item by Cartier and makes it the most expensive bracelet ever sold at auction.
The bracelet was part of the collection of jewels of the late Duchess of Windsor.
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8/10/10
Sotheby's Geneva to Auction 24.78ct Diamond
Sotheby' s Geneva will auction a rare 24.78-carat fancy intense pink diamond at its sale of Magnificent Jewels to be held November 16. This diamond comes to the market from a private collection and has not appeared on the open market since it was purchased more than six decades ago from Harry Winston. The emerald cut stone, mounted as a ring, was graded VS2, fancy intense pink, type IIa, by GIA. The diamond has a presale estimate of $27 million to $38 million.
22/5/10
Gold rose on speculation that the dollar will ease, boosting demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment. Platinum rose, capping the longest rally in two months.
The dollar fluctuated against a basket of six major currencies. The euro has climbed 3.3 percent from a four-year low on June 7 as European-debt concerns abated. Yesterday, gold futures reached a record $1,266.50 an ounce. The metal has gained 13 percent this year.
"You're seeing the flight-to-quality fears out of Europe subsiding and gold returning to its classic relationship to the dollar," said Adam Klopfenstein, a senior market strategist at Lind-Waldock in Chicago.
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1/10/09 DAVID ROBINSON JEWELS ON FACEBOOK
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29/9/09 LARGEST DIAMOND DISCOVERD IN RECENT YEARS .
A 507 carat stone, which may be worth $20m was found with three other large diamonds.
They were discovered at the famous Cullinan mine, where the largest diamond in history was found more than 100 years ago.
A 480 carat diamond found at the end of last year fetched $18m.
"The Cullinan mine has again given the world a spectacularly beautiful and important diamond," said Petra's chief executive Johan Dippenaar.
"Initial indications are that it is of exceptional colour and clarity, which suggest extraordinary potential for its polished yield."
It is one of the 20 biggest, high quality diamonds to have been found.
The largest diamond ever to be discovered, named the Cullinan, was 3,106 carats. It was cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British Crown Jewels.
DIAMOND NEWS 25/3/09 DIAMOND METEORITE FOUND
In 1981, Smithsonian researchers tried to cut through a large iron meteorite that had crash-landed in the Allen Hills of Antarctica, the sawteeth on their blade got chewed up. Subsequent x-rays showed that the stone was riddled with microscopic diamonds, the hardest substance known. The scientists theorized that the meteorite's diamonds were born during a cataclysmic collision out in the asteroid belt.
NEWS 9/3/09 WHERE ARE DIAMONDS MINED ?
Diamonds are mined in about 25 countries, on every continent but Europe and Antarctica. Only a few diamond deposits were known until the 20th century, when scientific understanding and technology extended diamond exploration and mining around the globe. For 1,000 years, starting in roughly the 4th century BCE, India was the only source of diamonds. In 1725, important sources were discovered in Brazil, and in the 1870s major finds in South Africa marked a dramatic increase in the diamond supply. Additional major producers now include several African countries, Siberian Russia, and Australia.
It is a misconception that the world's diamonds come primarily from South Africa: diamonds are a world-wide resource. The common characteristic of primary diamond deposits is the ancient terrain that hosts the kimberlite pipes that bring diamonds to Earth's surface.
NEWS 9/2/09
We started a new range of unique silver pieces of jewellery. This is the first time we produced a range in silver so it is a very exciting departure. The new silver range may not actually be presented for sale with most pieces being made to showcase the design talent in the David Robinson Jewellery workshop . These pieces will be unique in design and all the designs will be recorded in the companies brand new archive to add to their collectability .