French jewelry designer Jean Schlumberger’s Bird on a Rock is certainly one of the twenty first century’s most iconic jewellery designs. The setting was initially designed in 1965, after Schlumberger encountered a yellow cockatoo that impressed his sensible imagination. The yellow gold and platinum brooch includes a bird set with diamonds and a pink sapphire on an emerald-cut tanzanite ‘rock’. Manufacturers of lab-grown diamonds – that are 80% cheaper than pure diamond – additionally claimed that export volumes have elevated with the US being the largest importer.
The promotion is being held in collaboration with the Israel Ministry of Economy. The DELGATTO Diamond Finance Fund right now launches the diamond trade’s first ever on-line finance platform, on IDEX Online. Sales of high-quality coloured gemstones are on the rise in higher China, and with them the demand for identification stories and nation of origin reports.