From an outsider’s perspective, the partnership between De Beers and Botswana seemed to be crumbling after more than 50 years of collaboration. The media protection and political rhetoric from certain quarters hinted at a potential collapse of the partnership. The Kimberley Process statistics point out that Russia is still selling diamonds strongly, with 2022 exports of 36.7 million carats valued at $US3.87 billion ($AU5.8 billion).

• The jewellery designer Mitchell Binder, owner of King Baby Studio, at considered one of his Nashville areas.
• Jeweller’s six-month investigation into the jewellery business is essentially the most exhaustive and complete research ever undertaken.
• Mixtec-Puebla fashion labret produced from obsidian within the form of an eagle, now on the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, United States.
• Louis Vuitton Adds a Men’s Fine Jewelry LineFrancesca Amfitheatrof’s 18-piece assortment mixes modern seems with inspiration from the brand’s past.
• Accessorize with spooktakular BaubleBar jewellery earlier than the gathering sells out—again.
• As an interesting aside, as news breaks of more mega rocks being unearthed at Lucara’s Karowe mine, I discover myself pondering what ever happened to the gorgeous 1098-carat diamond discovered at the Jwaneng mine in 2021.