Putin’s Diamonds

By |July 31st, 2018|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, Industry News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The gloves have indeed come off. In a recent article, Diamond Foundry has taken a shot at the entire natural diamond industry, specifically naming Tiffany & Company as well as all retail jewelers for selling Russian Diamonds: “Putin’s Diamonds”, as they call them.

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Don’t Poke the Bear – Volume 2

By |June 14th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, Industry News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

There is no difference in rarity between a .50ct and a 2.00ct laboratory-grown synthetic diamond (in spite of what the sellers of synthetic diamonds will tell you). The cost to produce them is simply linear – time in the reactor = size of the cube. Period.

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Don’t Poke the Bear

By |May 30th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, Industry News|Tags: , , , , |

There is no difference in rarity between a .50ct and a 2.00ct laboratory-grown synthetic diamond (in spite of what the sellers of synthetic diamonds will tell you). The cost to produce them is simply linear – time in the reactor = size of the cube. Period.

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Vaping

By |May 10th, 2018|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, State of the Industry|Tags: , , , , , |

Watching a news program about the problems associated with Vaping, especially with young people, it dawned on me that we have our own Vaping issue: Carbon Vapor Disposition, or CVD man-made diamonds.

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BIG Newsletter: Vegas 2017 – Synthetic Diamond Testers Unveiled

By |June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Articles by Abe Sherman, Industry Insights, Industry News|Tags: , , |

Many retailers are realizing that they have to bring in something to start protecting and testing their product, both bought from the trade, or bought off the street. It’s probably time to make the investment to start protecting your store or brand. 

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