History For several centuries, Antwerp in Belgium has been in focus in the diamond trade. When Lodewyk van Berken invented a new form of diamond polishing tool, the industry underwent a transformation. This was called the scaif, which facilitated the creation of the stereotypical sparkling, diamond. This attracted the European nobility and other craftsmen to Antwerp. Charles the Bold ordered van Berken to cut and polish the Florentine Diamond. In...

Consumers of jewellery are getting pickier with every passing day. Unique, handcrafted, and rare metals, one-of-a-kind gemstones are widely in demand nowadays. If this is something that strikes your fantasies, a plethora of rough diamonds designs with palladium, green gold and brown gold are up for grab. The density of such jewellery tends to become a part of the person, which is a concept one might not grasp unless they...

In the recent years, the intrinsic and natural beauty of the uncut diamond has come into vogue. They have proved to become an inspiration for various jewellery brands to create jewellery pieces using unpolished, rough diamonds. Around the diamond, setting moulds are designed, as unlike a cut diamond, the uncut diamond is not processed to give it a uniform shape and size. Antique is in! Uniqueness is achieved in each...

Uncut diamonds, also popular as rough or raw diamonds, are the stones in pure form. They remain in their original shape and unpolished until an expert professional gives them a suitable design. However, ‘not all that glitters is gold’, and the same holds true for raw diamonds jewelry as well. You need to wear the expert’s hat to figure out if the one you are buying is indeed a raw...