A French-Israeli art collector and business man has acquired Sotheby’s for US$3.7 billion, taking the publicly traded auction house private, CBC News reports.
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Glenn Nord, member of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Board of Governors and past president of the Institute, passed away on June 9. He was 90.
RapNet has released the results of an online survey that polled its members on whether or not the group should provide services for synthetic diamonds.
Production at De Beers’ Victor Mine in northern Ontario has officially come to an end after almost 11 years of operations. Located in the James Bay Lowlands, 90 km (56 mi) west of Attawapiskat First Nation, the site was the province’s first and only diamond mine.
In line with the United States’ ongoing effort to increase its political and economic presence in Greenland, mining company Greenland Ruby recently hosted a U.S. government delegate in a tour of its corundum mine in the arctic region.
Gemstone grading organization Gemological Science International (GSI) has identified synthetic white sapphire melee in pendants that were submitted as natural-diamond jewellery.
