Diamond traceability back to the mine of origin – vital to the international due diligence movement for precious gems and minerals – just took a giant step forward. SCS Global Services, an ...

Scientists created a pure hexagonal diamond in the lab, confirming a long-debated carbon structure slightly harder than natural diamonds.

Several months ago, the Hope Diamond was taken from the National Museum of Natural History for an overnight stay in the mineralogy lab. Chip Clark / NMNH, SI At first, Evalyn Walsh McLean, an heiress ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It appears that De Beers has spotted the writing on the wall in an increasingly crowded lab-grown diamond market. The diamond ...