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Now Green takes a shine to jewellery

Now Green takes a shine to jewellery

TOP SHOP to Miss Selfridge billionaire owner Philip Green is starting up a new chain of jewellery stores. The venture, called Muse, has already quietly opened for business at Europe’s biggest shopping mall, the MetroCentre in Gateshead, and there will be a network of up to 50 stores, stretching from London to Leeds. Green has […]

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Bridging Disciplines

Bridging Disciplines

One of the challenges of using standardized geometry is how to create a variety of forms. Dutch designer Marijke de Goey shows what can be achieved in her radical design for a small pedestrian bridge over two artificial lakes at the Alan Gibbs Trust Park in Auckland, New Zealand. De Goey originally learnt how to […]

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How to Choose Wedding Day Jewellery by: Richard Green

How to Choose Wedding Day Jewellery by: Richard Green

However quickly your wedding day might flash past, your memories of it (not to mention the photos) will last forever. You will want to remember it as the perfect day, and you will want to look your very best. Preparations often seem to focus around the dress, but there are many other elements of your […]

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Information You Should Know When Looking to Buy Jewellery by: Peter Roberts

Information You Should Know When Looking to Buy Jewellery by: Peter Roberts

For the average person looking at jewellery can be exciting, but confusing. What do all these terms mean? Jewellery terms, especially relating to actual Gem stones, are very important because the price of the final item is dictated by the stone quality and cut. Following are some of the terms you’ll come across. Blemish: Imperfections […]

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Buying Diamonds, Select the Best Company

Buying Diamonds, Select the Best Company

Diamond shoppers today have more choices than ever on where to buy their diamond engagement ring, diamond earrings and other diamond jewelry items. However, with greater selections come bigger potential risks and rewards. You need to do your homework and understand how to select the best company for your diamond purchase. The retail diamond market […]

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Women’s Guide to Getting Their Dream Diamond Engagement Ring

Women’s Guide to Getting Their Dream Diamond Engagement Ring

How can women get their dream diamond engagement ring when it is the boyfriend making the purchase and wanting it to be a surprise? To find the answer you need to understand your man’s thought process. After all, he is shopping for a diamond, the symbol of his love for you. The man shopping for […]

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Pink Panther

Pink Panther

Two suspected members of a Serbian crime gang called the “Pink Panthers” went on trial in Belgrade, charged with carrying out Japan’s biggest jewellery raid. Djordjije Rasovic, 41, and Snezana Panajotovic, 23, were allegedly part of a group which robbed an upmarket Tokyo jewellery shop in March 2004, making off with valuables worth pounds 18m. […]

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Diamond Trading Company

Diamond Trading Company

The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) is a London-based subsidiary of the De Beers Group, specializing in the sale and marketing of rough (uncut) diamonds. The company forms an essential part of De Beers’ sales mechanism, maintaining an exclusive list of sightholders to which it sells all De Beers gem-grade diamonds coming to the market in […]

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Gold Jewellery

Gold Jewellery

Undoubtedly, gold remains as the ultimate medium of jewelry expression. For thousands of years, gold has beguiled man with its beauty, its warm luster and glow and its amazing attributes. Artisans and jewelers have crafted gold into stunning pieces of jewelry that are priceless and eternal. Gold is one of the most precious of earth’s […]

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Russian Gold Jewellery Production Up 23 Percent in 8 Months

Russian Gold Jewellery Production Up 23 Percent in 8 Months

Russian jewellers produced 10.52 million pieces of gold jewelry goods (26.1 tonnes) in the first eight months of 2002, up 23.3 percent year-on-year. According to Interfax, Jewelers produced 6.6 million silver pieces (33.73 tonnes), up 13. percent% year-on-year. Russia produced 12,918 pieces of platinum jewellery totalling 68.66 kilograms, compared with 11,773 pieces and 55.2 kilograms […]

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