Introductie: Diamond fingerprinting refers to a geochemical fingerprinting of individual diamonds, for the purposes of discriminating between diamonds from different mines or deposits on the basis of their trace element chemistry. If proven to be successful, diamond fingerprinting would help to reduce theft and illegal mining and assist in preventing ‘conflict diamonds’ from entering the

Introductie: The fair trade jewelry movement would not be where it is today without the strong advocacy of Martin Rapaport and the entire Rapaport Group. They have been sponsoring fair trade jewelry meetings at the JCK Vegas Show for four years and I have attended all of them, witnessing the birth and growth of this

Introductie: Steve D’Esposito, President of Resolve, discusses Issues relating to green in the fashion industry that apply also to the jewelry sector. As the initiator of the “No Dirty Gold Campaign,” and one of the founders of the Madison Dialogue, Steve has been instrumental the grounding of the ethical jewelry space over the past several