(De Beers Group) Sales Value of Rough Diamond Increase A member of the Anglo American group, De Beers has publicly announced the value of rough diamonds for the first sales cycle of 2016. In comparison to 2015's tenth cycle the sales value has increased significantly from 248($m) to 540($m). Sales Value is determined by sales of the “De Beers Sightholders” and calculated according to the sum of all sales up until January 25 2016 Philippe Mellier, Chief Executive, De Beers Gro

"With solid holiday sales recorded, industry looking ahead to Chinese New Year and St Valentine's sales" Retail results for the Christmas holiday sales season appear to have turned out solidly, and that is giving confidence to the industry ahead of the Chinese New Year in early February and St Valentine's Day. Diam onds and designer lines appear to have done particularly well, with few retailers reporting declines in sales on the same period last year and even those that did

(International Watch) "Five Year of the Monkey Dials" Photo Credit: InternationalWatch Source: http://iwmagazine.com/2016/01/year-of-the-monkey-dials/

(CNN) "The world's biggest blue star sapphire weighing in at 1,404.49 carats has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka." Photo Credit: CNN Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/05/luxury/worlds-biggest-blue-star-sapphire/index.html