Friday June 9 - the delayed* News Report
*Attended the Magnificent Jewels auction at Sotheby's New York
Exclusive interview with Dev Shetty, Founder & CEO FURA Gems
Exclusive interview with David Grunberger, Grunberger Diamonds, Manmade Melee, and Russian "smalls"
But first ... Last Week's Top Three Reports!
Most notable stories from last week were…
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1.) In Memoriam: Gabriel "Gabi" Tolkowsky
The name Tolkowsky has been etched into the minds of anyone who has ever studied diamonds. Another industry icon, gone.
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You just cannot get enough of star gazing to see who is wearing what! And Lauralee does such a great job ...
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Passing the torch. Dr. Jeffrey Post retires as Curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Gem & Mineral Collection.
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Now On To This Week's News! |
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Truly Magnificent: the Estrela de FURA Ruby!
Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels Results
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What happened on Thursday morning at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels auction in New York was nothing less than spectacular. A ruby of exceedingly fine quality in size and color came to the auction and set the all-time record for value. Selling for $34.8 million, the Estrela de FURA, a Mozambique ruby weighing an amazing jaw-dropping 55.22 carats, displaying vivid red color, and beautifully fashioned into a classic cushion design, set a new benchmark for all colored gemstones.
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Exclusive interview post-auction with:
Dev Shetty
Founder & CEO FURA Gems
“We are very happy,” says an exuberant Dev Shetty, Founder & CEO of FURA Gems. “It’s a new world record for ruby... and any other colored gemstone! And now the benchmark has been set for the Mozambican ruby!”
And who wouldn't be happy? They just broke the world record for the most ever paid for a colored gemstone - $34.8 (including the buyers premium.)
With this highest price paid for a ruby, it places Mozambican Ruby in a category that is now comparable to Burmese. And with FURA's production in the millions of carats per year, this is a game changer for the entire jewelry industry.
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Manmade Melee, and Russian "Smalls"
an exclusive interview with David Grunberger
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David Grunberger of Grunberger Diamonds spoke to us about what it's like to be in the diamond melee business right now, with the manmade diamond discussion and the Russian diamond boycott.
We wanted to know if manmade melee is competing with the natural mined diamond melee market.
We also talked about the ban on Russian diamonds and how it is affecting the small goods sector.
Grunberger Diamonds: A Legacy Of Ideal Cut Diamonds
If you are unfamiliar with Grunberger diamonds, now is your chance to get familiar.
Grunberger specializes in small diamonds. Very small diamonds. While they carry larger than 0.15 ct., their specialty is concentrated in 0.15 ct. and smaller. As David says, “15 pointers down to 600 per carat.” That’s 600 stones per carat… or 0.0016 ct. each – roughly 1/6 of a point! And Ideal cut!
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IGI Grades Bicolor Lab-Grown Diamonds |
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Rapaport
JUNE 4, 2023
LEAH MEIROVICH
The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has analyzed two lab-grown diamonds containing separate sections of blue and yellow coloring.
The bicolor stones were grown by Meylor Global, a Kyiv-based company, using High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT), IGI said Saturday. The first stone, a radiant-cut, 4.38-carat, VVS2-clarity polished diamond has a color described as fancy-deep-greenish blue. The 10.96-carat rough diamond also displays specific blue and yellow color zones, the lab noted. The stones’ coloring is a nod to Meylor’s home country of Ukraine.
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Dr. Gabriela Farfan
MTL Mineral Talks Live Introduces Smithsonian Curatrix
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Mineral Talks LIVE (MTL), is a monthly podcast from BlueCap Productions, with support from the Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Harvard, and the SMMP, the Society of Mineral Museum Professionals.
For MTL's 75th show, they went back to the U.S. National Museum - the Smithsonian - to meet with one of the new curators, Dr. Gabriela Farfan.
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Sotheby's
The Extraordinary Colored Gems
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There were so many extraordinary colored gems included in the Magnificent Jewels auction at Sotheby's that we decided to share as much as we could.
Here are some of the more important blue gems we captured.
This one, for example, a Cartier, Sapphire and Diamond Clip-Brooch, Paris. Designed as a flower, the petals are embellished with round and oval-shaped sapphires, the pistil and leaves accented by round diamonds, and the stem set with baguette diamonds. Signed Cartier Paris, and numbered HSA41285 and 013471, with French assay and maker’s marks; circa 1958. Even comes with a signed pouch.
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Sotheby's Eternal Pink and Vivid Blue-Green!
Fancy Color Diamonds are Everyone's Best Friend!
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Amongst all of the other fabulous gems and jewels at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels Auction, the Eternal Pink, an amazing Vivid Purplish-Pink 10.57 carat cushion cut sold for $30 million!
Prior to the pink, there was a diminutive 1.05 carat I1, Vivid Blue-Green that sold for over $400,000!
Obviously clarity did not matter! take a deeper dive into the color of this little beauty.
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The Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University
Friday, June 23, 2023
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International Gemmological Research Industries
NCJV Conference
“Sourcing gems and diamonds”
Brisbane 30th June – 3rd July, 2023
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Jewellery Valuers Association
JVA Registered Valuer Conference
September 8-10, 2023
Holywell Park, Loughborough University
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CIBJO Congress 2023
Jaipur, India
October 3rd - 5th
Registration for CIBJO Congress 2023 now open
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Hong Kong, China HKCEC
– June 22-25, 2023
Trade Only
Southport, Queensland, Australia
– August 3-4, 2023
Sydney, Australia
– August 19-21, 2023
Tokyo, Japan
– August 30 – September 1, 2023
68th Edition – Bangkok, Thailand
– September 6-10, 2023
Denver, Colorado, USA
– September 15-18, 2023
Hong Kong, China
– September 18-22, 2023 AWE
– September 20-24, 2023 HKCEC
ExCeL, London, UK
– September 20-21, 2023
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Greetings from the news desk!
We'll be doing some traveling over the next few months. I'll be attending the Harvard ... The NAJA Ace-It Conference in Providence, RI, the Hardrock Summit in Denver, CO, the New York City GIA Alumni Association September meeting, the Jewellers Valuers Association in Holywell Park, at Loughborough University on September, as well as the Canadian Gemological Association's 75th Conference in Vancouver.
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Gary Roskin
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