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Jewellers not trustworthy: Survey

"...The survey by the Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia (DCLA) said this alarming statistic comes on top of recent case studies brought to its attention where bogus certificates from unqualified laboratories are used to overvalue diamonds.
"There have been many cases where a jeweller's valuation, which isn't independent, has been highly biased, showing significantly overstated grading of the diamond," Roy Cohen, managing director DCLA says..."

Courtesy - news.com.au

Six jewellery shops robbed in Pakistan!

"...Muhammad Aslam, an eyewitness, also running his cloth dyeing shop in Mian Ishtiaq Market, said at 7:40pm 17-armed robbers entered the market and held two security guards at gunpoint. He said two of them then entered Suhail Jewellery Shop. He said other robbers entered five other jewellery shops including Vicky jeweller, Saqib jeweller, Al-Hamza jeweller, Muskan jeweller and Marhaba jeweller. They held shopkeepers at gunpoint, he said. He said 12 robbers while coming out of the shops with bags on their shoulders also fired several shots in the air. They then escaped on 8 snatched motorcycles. The police said the robbers escaped with valuables worth Rs 25,000,000..."

Courtesy - dailytimes.com.pk

GIA presents paper on the irradiated gemstones issue

"...Most irradiated blue topaz sold in the United States in recent years has been imported from overseas, and most of it was irradiated at overseas facilities. The NRC says that there are presently no entities licensed to import and distribute irradiated blue topaz in the U.S. market. Yet, as of July 2007, irradiated topaz comprised an estimated 8% of the U.S. colored gemstone business at wholesale, making it one of America’s most popular gems..."

Courtesy - jckonline.com

World's oldest diamonds found in Australia!

"...The world's oldest known diamonds have been found encased in a crystal in Western Australia, scientists say. The minuscule gemstones are 4.25 billion years old and could provide a rare glimpse into Earth's distant geologic past..."

Courtesy - nationalgeographic.com

Is ivory trade making a comeback in India?

"...Four pieces of ivory weighing over 100 kilograms seized in Kerala recently is expected to have come from the killing of three male elephants in the Nilgiri forests, where 65 percent of elephant deaths are caused by ivory poachers..."

Courtesy - deccanherald.com

Another major heist in Bangalore, India

"...The gang members enquired about some gold jewellery, posing as customers and then brandished pistols at workers, threatened them and bundled them into a room. Later they took away gold, silver jewellery and cash from the cash box and made good their escape in a car by which they had travelled. Deputy commissioner of police B Krishna Singh told PTI the police have got clues about the culprits from closed circuit TV camera which recorded the entire operation that lasted 20 minutes..."

Courtesy - daijiworld.com

An update on the diamond heist at Surat

"...Surat police registered one of the largest incident of theft on Saturday after three security guards at a diamond polishing unit allegedly stole diamonds and cash worth Rs 2 crore from the office safety vault of Aviraj Diamonds and Gems in Kapodara area of the city. The three men drugged eight other security guards to reach the vault which contained several pouches of diamonds and about Rs 7 lakh in cash. Investigating authorities suspect the accused are professionals and that more people could be involved..."

Courtesy - expressindia.com

Jewellery stolen in Surat and Gloucester City

Surat, India
"...Diamonds worth Rs 2.5 crore were stolen from a firm in the city here, police said today. Police suspect that three nationals from Nepal who were working as peons in the firm, located at Kapodara locality, are allegedly behind the theft..."

Courtesy - hindu.com

Gloucester City, UK
"...A silver car, believed to be an old silver VW Polo was driven through the front of Jonathan James Jewellers Ltd on the Oxebode at about 2.45pm and a quantity of jewellery was snatched..."

Courtesy - gloucestershire.co.uk

An update on Irradiated Gemstones

"... Eight of the nine batches of gems, which averaged around 500 carats each, showed only background levels of radiation, while one registered at "twice background." Background levels refer to radiation that is picked up merely because a survey meter is turned on because there are already low levels of radiation present in the atmosphere. By measuring "twice background," it implies that there are low levels, but nothing that would be considered dangerous or hazardous to health."

Courtesy - diamondvues.com

Buying loose diamonds from a "drop-shipper" a definite no-no

"...Diamond "drop-shipping", is where an internet website selling diamonds, showcases many thousands of diamonds they do not own or have in their physical possession. The diamonds are comprised from lists of wholesale diamond databases supplied to these vendors by the respective manufacturers who do not deal directly with the public. When a diamond is sold via the website, the stone is shipped out directly from the manufacturer to the customer, without passing through the hands of the middleman (drop-shipper) first..."

Courtesy - diamondvues.com
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Facts on Sierra Leone - poor people, rich diamond fields

"...Diamonds, gold, bauxite and titanium ore accounted for about two-thirds of foreign exchange income before war and instability wrecked the economy..."

"...Mains electricity and piped water are rare even in the shanty towns that make up Freetown. There are few paved roads in the rest of the country, and 70 percent of the population survive on less than $1 a day..."

Courtesy - alertnet.org

Jeweller sold stolen ring for fraction of a cost

"...The crime branch probing the murder of a 68-year-old woman in Kandivli has learnt that the ring stolen from deceased's possession was sold for Rs 2,800. In fact, it was worth Rs 7 lakh. The jeweller, Kanhaiya Soni (20), who bought the ring, is being grilled by the police. The police are now busy trying to track such jewellers who buy stolen property..."

Courtesy - indiatimes.com

Faulty weighing machines seized in Hyderabad exhibition

"...The irregular weighing machines are not stamped by Legal Metrology Departments of Jaipur or Mumbai or us. That's illegal according to the weights and measures act,'' said Tejdeep Kaur Menon, Director, AP Legal Metrology..."

Courtesy - ndtv.com

Is Venezuela patronizing Blood Diamonds?

"...And while the government claims there are no gems to certify, it's probably no coincidence that the exports of next-door Guyana—which has barely increased its mining in the past two years—have mysteriously shot up by the same amount that Venezuela's have dropped. "It's all contraband," says Venezuelan trader Alfonso Avendaño, who argues that the Venezuelan government has left traders like him with no choice but to work with illicit gems..."

Courtesy - msnbc.com

Stuller suspends the sale of irradiated gemstones

"... Stuller Inc. has temporarily suspended the sale of Swiss, London, and Sky Blue Topaz loose gems and jewelry, "due to recent developments regarding the importation and distribution of Irradiated gemstones ..."

- Courtesy JCKonline.com

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