A diamond cutter’s ultimate quest is to optimise the yield, beauty and profit from a rough stone. New technology is enabling manufacturers to map rough diamonds and assess their polished potential ...

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Nairobi — In June 2003, Tanzanian banned the export of unprocessed tanzanite to develop local processing facilities. SAMMY MOLLEL, the national chairman of the Tanzania Mineral Dealers Association ...

Half a century ago, when bell-bottoms ruled fashion and disco dominated dance floors, somewhere in East Africa, Antony Zagoritis was hard at work laying the foundation for what would become a jewel in ...

According to IRNA, among various home jobs, the profession of cutting precious and semi-precious stones is one of the jobs that can be started with minimal cost and capital and in a small space of the ...

Jewellery design’s latest shift isn’t about bigger stones or brighter sparkle. It’s about leaving gems exactly as they were when they were prised from the ground. Unpolished, rough stones are being ...

MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 17: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has launched its own first ever diploma course on gemstone cutting and polishing, using the local youth to tap the region’s potential ...