As we slide into the quarter-century mark — and Happy New Year, by the way — there are some interesting things going on in the jewelry business. It wasn’t long ago that diamond jewelry was all about ...

Diamonds are expensive because they’re rare, but high-end jewellers are increasingly embracing colourful alternatives like aquamarines, garnets and tsavorites for added sparkle Breaking news: ...

On a site on Carlisle in Cumbria, England, that once held a high-status Roman bathhouse, archaeologists have unearthed 34 gems, variously cut from amethyst, jasper, and cornelian, and dating back to ...

A collection of precious gems, cut and donated by experts from across the UK, is being auctioned in Scotland for Children in Need. The auction is being overseen by renowned Edinburgh gemmologist ...

Around 1920, an experienced mine worker called Justo Daza and a mining engineer named Fritz Klein, were scrambling over the steep mountainside terraces of Chivor – a legendary emerald site in ...

Zimbabwe is working on changing its policies on the marketing of semi-precious gemstones in order to curb illegal sales and plug revenue outflows, an official has said. The southern African nation is ...

A British Museum staff member has been dismissed after items were found to be 'missing, stolen or damaged' from the collection as bosses vow to find the treasures in a 'painstaking' recovery job. The ...