by Data Age | Aug 5, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Buying Diamonds.edu, General Merchandise, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Management, Management.edu, New to the Industry, News
The diamond trade is facing a growing challenge from the production of synthetic diamonds. Synthetic diamonds are manufactured in a laboratory as opposed to natural diamonds, which are created by geological processes. The synthetic diamonds even have the same...
by Data Age | Jul 30, 2014 | Business, Buying Diamonds.edu, Buying Gold.edu, Education, General Merchandise, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Management, Management.edu, New to the Industry, YouTube
It’s not a huge leap in logic to think a pawn broker would be a pretty effective negotiator. Usually, the biggest conflict in any reality TV pawn show is the bargaining over what something is worth. Les Gold star of truTV’s Hardcore Pawn and owner of Detroit’s...
by Data Age | Jun 26, 2014 | Buying Diamonds.edu, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, Laws, Management
RAPAPORT… The annual Rapaport Certification Conference that took place at the JCK Las Vegas show highlighted that jewelers are responsible for the authenticity of the diamonds they’re selling. “Jewelers have the first line of responsibility for the product they...
by Jay Kantor | Jun 24, 2014 | Buying Diamonds.edu, Education, Gold & Jewelry, New to the Industry
One of the most discussed "C's" of diamond's Four C's is clarity. In 1953 the Gemological Institute of America created the clarity chart defining different grades of diamonds based on common characteristics. This chart ran from Flawless to Imperfect and is still the...
by Jay Kantor | Jun 11, 2014 | Business, Buying Diamonds.edu, General Merchandise, Gold & Jewelry, Industry
A diamond's value is assessed by combining the 4C's. Each "C" plays a vital role in how a diamond is viewed in the domestic and international market. The first "C," Carat weight is simply as the name implies, the physical weight of the diamond. One carat...
by Data Age | Jun 5, 2014 | Buying Diamonds.edu, Gold & Jewelry, Industry, News
RAPAPORT… EGL International discovered four substantial-size synthetic diamonds mixed in with a package containing 20 diamonds submitted for grading by one of its established customers. The group’s CEO, Guy D. Benhamou, noted that the...
