Ah, my favourite picture of the diamond: through the firescope (hearts & arrows scope). Unfortunately, I didn't remember to take a photo until it was already set on the ring, so it's not an ideal setup. Light coming from the sides shows up blue, and light reflected from above and back up...
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Creator: Michael Backman, Charlotte Butler | Business & Economics - 2007-01-15
Brands: Understand the Message Although Asian consumers are very familiar with the notion of the brand as image – hence the ... Despite this, the concept of a diamond engagement ring was readily accepted, partly because its value was ...
But it was De Beers' runaway success in introducing diamond engagement rings into Japan's vastly-different culture which alerted its executives to the potential elsewhere in Asia. One statistic tells all: In 1966 only 6% of all Japanese ...
But Marina lies dead, alone in her shiny status car, a two-carat diamond engagement ring refracting nothing but another abruptly shattered Los Angeles dream. Was her death merely a carjacking gone bad? Or is there more to the story?
Creator: Cele Otnes, Elizabeth Hafkin Pleck | Business & Economics - 2003-10-17
When the De Beers campaign began in 1968, fewer than 5 percent of women in that country received diamond engagement rings; by 1981, the figure was 60 percent. De Beers's success in Japan can be attribured to J. Walrer Thompson's ...
Creator: Commission of the European Communities | Business & Economics - 1993-06
Japan itself is facing competition from East Asian countries in the costume jewellery market. ... Especially in those countries where diamond engagement rings are traditional, this domination is pronounced. For instance, in the United ...
Publisher: European Communities
Jan Iverson Appointed Editor-in-Chief of GIA's Gems & Gemology ...
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GIA (Gemological Institute of America) has announced Jan Iverson as the Editor-in-Chief of Gems & Gemology (G&G), its award-winning quarterly research journal. G&G publishes, in print and online, the latest peer-reviewed research on diamonds and colored stones—where they are found, their special characteristics, simulants and synthetics, treatments, and identification techniques.
Iverson’s appointment, effective June 1, will lead the collaboration of all units across the organization and drive a practical application of how technology can be used to augment both traditional and new media to better serve the readers of GIA publications.
This diamond has a clarity of Vs2 with a color grade of I. This gorgeous ring contains a 1.01 carat round brilliant cut diamond as its central focal point. The unique setting is made of high polished 14kt. These princess diamonds have a total weight of .80 carats and have a clarity of Vs2-Si1...
Much has been made of the former Kate Middleton's engagement ring, the same sapphire and diamond rock that belonged to her mother-in-law, Princess Diana of England. Gossips say the ring is worth more than $250000 and Wills,
Royal watchers in Hobart do not want to be left out jewellery and fashion accessory stores have been selling fashion bling inspired by Kate's £250000 ($A381,000) sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring, while bridal stores are tipping lace to be the next
Hotels are offering royal wedding packages, a brewery is offering a Kiss Me Kate beer, and jewellers big and small cannot push enough replicas of Princess Diana's sapphire and diamond engagement ring, which Prince William gave to his future bride.
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