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After another hectic year and, as jewellery retailers are hoping for a busy Christmas and New Year trading season, COLEBY NICHOLSON reviews 2016 with his annual list of the industry’s highs and lows.

Take a few moments to enjoy Jeweller's Friday Flicks video selection including updates on current affairs and insights into our jewellery trade. This week, meet the Australian siblings who discovered a $1.2 million opal find, watch a master jeweller make a $100,000 ring from dust, and discover the secrets of alexandrite.

Recent record breakers: Pink diamond sold for $37 million Posted June 03, 2021 | By Arabella Roden • Editor Auction house Christie’s has recorded several outstanding results in its recent ‘Magnificent Jewels’ sale in Hong Kong, including the Sakura Diamond, which became the largest purple-pink flawless diamond ever sold at auction. The 15.81-carat fancy vivid stone sold to a telephone bidder for $HK226 million ($AU37.7 million), not including commission – slightly above th...

JUNE SPOTLIGHT: Anthea Plug's favourite gemstone is the amazing watermelon tourmaline. Anthea P...

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Association says police preventing workers from travelling without Miti approval.

The key to managing a business – and a life – is balance, and that means identifying which tasks to prioritise and which to delegate, or abandon altogether, writes DAVID BROWN.

The recent auction of the Sakura Diamond at Christie’s was reported to be both ‘disappointing’ and ‘record-breaking’ – so which was it? ARABELLA RODEN explores the complex factors that determine value.

Mehul Choksi, the uncle of disgraced diamond jewellery mogul Nirav Modi, has been arrested in the Caribbean.

The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) has inked a ‘multi-year’ deal with Chow Tai Fook, the world’s largest jewellery retail chain, to promote natural diamonds in the Chinese market.