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Buying Diamonds in Antwerp
Why the world's diamonds all pass through one small Antwerp quarter — and what buying wholesale at the source really means for the person paying for the stone.
The Diamond Guide
Journal
Latest news, features and the working knowledge of the house — from the four Cs and the grading scales to the great stones of history, the craft of the cut and the trade behind the stone. Knowledge, shared.
Industry
Conflict-Free & Authentic: Sourcing, Treatments & Synthetics
What conflict diamonds are, how the Kimberley Process follows a stone from mine to invoice, and how a laboratory tells a treated, synthetic or imitation diamond from the genuine, untouched article.
Pricing
Diamond Pricing & Value
A diamond is worth what someone will pay for it — yet every week the trade publishes the lists that turn that truth into a number.
Jewellery
Engagement & Bespoke Rings in Antwerp
The full journey to a bespoke engagement ring in Antwerp — choosing the stone, matching its shape to the wearer, setting a budget, and every decision of style, setting, metal and band.
Fancy Colours
Fancy-Colour Diamonds: The Complete Guide
Past the foot of the white scale lies the rarest realm of all — diamonds graded not by the absence of colour but by its presence, where hue, tone and intensity decide everything.
Mining
How Diamonds Form & Are Mined
How a diamond crystallises in the deep earth, where it comes to rest, and how the kimberlite pipe and the alluvial river are each worked to recover it.
History
The Diamond Timeline
Four thousand years of fascination — from a Sanskrit manuscript to the mines of Africa and Russia.
Grading
Diamond Grading & the 4Cs
The complete grading desk — the 4Cs as working Antwerp graders read them, the atomic Type story beneath them, anatomy, proportions, fluorescence, the bench, and how to read a GIA or HRD certificate.
History
Famous Diamonds
The legendary stones that marked their time — Cullinan, Hope, Koh-i-Nûr and the Regent.
Polishing
The 10 Most Famous Cuts
Ten cuts that define the craft, from Tolkowsky's round brilliant to the romantic cushion.
Grading
Diamond Shapes, Cuts & Polishing
The ten classic outlines and the single C each one asks you to watch, the wider family of fancy cuts, and how a rough crystal becomes a finished, fiery stone.