Four intricately crafted silver bracelets hidden under the floorboards of a Viking slave dwelling for 1,100 years were recently unearthed by archaeologists from Norway's University of Stavanger’s Archaeological Museum. The current owner of the property, Tårn Sigve Schmidt, had called in the archaeologists to survey his land ahead of his plan to carve out a […]
You can say that Lucara is riding a mega-diamond hot streak. Less than a month after the mining company announced the recovery of an incredible 2,492-carat rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in Botswana, it is back in the news with the discovery of a high-quality 1,094-carat rough. August's head turner ranked as the second-largest […]
British Olympian Adam Peaty, who missed winning a gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke by a mere two-hundredths of a second, is still calling himself the "luckiest man in the world" after Holly Ramsay, the daughter of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, accepted his marriage proposal during their sun-drenched vacation in Mallorca, Spain. Holly revealed the […]
Not only did Spaniard Jon Rahm win the LIV Golf Individual Championship in Chicago on Sunday, but he also took home an $18 million bonus and a commemorative ring that rivals the style and ingenuity of those awarded by the NFL, MLB and NBA. Shimmering with 5.78 carats in white diamonds, 1 carat of black […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, 1970s icon John Denver copes with separation anxiety by promising a wedding ring in the timeless hit, “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” In this deeply personal song about the heartbreak of being far […]
With the recent discovery of a 391-carat Type IIa diamond at the Meya Mine in Sierra Leone, the tiny West African nation can now claim to be the source of six of the world's most exceptional rough diamonds. Officially, the still-unnamed stone will slot in at #54 on Wikipedia's "Largest Rough Diamonds" list, joining the […]
After a six-year legal battle, the fate of a $70,000 diamond solitaire engagement ring will be decided by Massachusetts' highest court. The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments this past Friday in a case that will finally provide clarity to the age-old question: Who gets to keep the diamond engagement ring if the wedding is called […]
A perfectly picturesque proposal under the bright lights of Times Square in New York City took a terrible turn for the worse when South Carolinian Chasom Wilson fumbled the engagement ring just before popping the question to his long-time love, Kayla Pressley. This was the small-town couple's first time in New York City and Wilson […]
Lucara Diamond Corp. CEO William Lamb recently sang the praises of the company's Mega-Diamond Recovery (MDR) system that's been yielding amazing finds at the company's Karowe Mine in Botswana. Designed to identify and preserve the "biggest of the big," the technology was credited with securing the 2,492-carat stone discovered by the company on August 19. […]
Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you fun singalongs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, we feature a nostalgic ballad from Aussie singer-songwriter Vance Joy. “Like Gold” tells the story of a perfect love, a painful breakup and the promise of a second chance. As many authors […]