Introducción: 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

Introducción: 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

Ten Ways to Sell Jewelry to a Green Consumer This article was first published in Modern Jeweler, Enero 2009. I’m reprinting it here for my readers who do not get the magazine. ~Marc Choyt, Editor, fairjewelry.org The largest sale in the history of our company, three platinum rings and a large diamond, came from a