Joshua Freedman

Spewing out news about the diamond industry

[Joshua Freedman @DiamondGeyser1]

@AviKrawitz Thanks, Avi.

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@Yoram_F @allaboutdiamon1 As I said higher up, there may be brokers that source from De Beers and other mines and aggregate the goods. This would leave you with rough that is definitely from one of 5/6/7 countries.

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@Yoram_F This probably reflects the fact that the diamond came from a rough brokerage firm that sources its goods from De Beers and other mines and aggregates them.

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@SAL0TR0 @Rapaport @YDiamantaires @debeersgroup Thanks!

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Thanks to @debeersgroup for letting us into the Venetia mine on the corner of Hot and Hotter in South Africa.

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Don't forget to drink...

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@AviKrawitz @debeersgroup They would cite the closure of Victor and the lull at Venetia, and the fact that De Beers production is likely to be down by 4 million carats this year.

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@Sonia_E_Soltani @AviKrawitz @Rapaport For the avoidance of confusion, "two of the diamond industry’s biggest players" refers to De Beers and the GIA....

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@TomRoelofs Great image. Did you take this photo, and can we use it on https://t.co/JGks4TXIzd please?

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@tbiesheuvel Tiffany's language is "region or countries of origin," which seems to cater for some of those trickier cases. And they specifically said that with "one trusted supplier" (presumably De Beers), they'd label them "Botswana sort."

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Interesting move by @lightboxjewelry, but please, a "customized styling display" - is that what the rest of us call a "mirror"? https://t.co/BHpcYWjDAe

[Thomas Biesheuvel @tbiesheuvel]

Interesting. Gem Diamonds says via twitter (not RNS) that it's found a 357 carat stone (albeit a brown one)

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@ALROSA_official says this rough diamond came out looking pear-shaped. We think it looks like Darth Vader. Other suggestions welcome. Image from Alrosa.

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@Sonia_E_Soltani The writer, Leah Meirovich, is unfortunately not on Twitter to take the credit.

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"Just glue it back together -- no one will notice." https://t.co/A0FhToClfh

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@Sonia_E_Soltani Not sure I'd translate "chutzpah" as "positive rudeness"...

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Bad morning for @officialpandora.

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The natural-diamond industry has been trying to argue otherwise. It seems to have lost this particular battle. https://t.co/blT8qtCVxA

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“I envision a future in which we will be able to predict who is going to get engaged based on their social media activity.” https://t.co/4NMdaanm9U

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India jewelry fraud allegations: Gitanjali Gems managing director Mehul Choksi is reportedly "helpless" to pay salaries after authorities seized his assets https://t.co/pJ1mACnJqB