Precious stones and metals have long held an attraction, sometimes a fatal one. The gem trade is a multi-billion dollar business, and precious stones are a highly prized commodity. This has helped ...

For diamond merchants it's the peak season for sales, CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras reports. but Hollywood may dull the gleam with the movie "Blood Diamond." Leonardo DiCaprio plays a ...

Aether’s diamond-growing process takes carbon dioxide from the air which it then synthesizes into the hydrocarbon material required to grow diamonds.

"Mandarin garnet" specimens are the most in demand and the most expensive. Spessartine gem quality stones are rarely larger ...

Wondering whether to pick mined diamonds or lab-grown for your engagement ring? I had this exact question and took tim ...

It's been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began, but the industry is still tainted by conflict and misery ...

We refer to your article on page one of Business Report on June 27 where you make references to Letseng Diamond Mine, which is owned by Letseng Diamonds (a Lesotho company), being used to launder ...

Many of the world’s most famous jewels hide a controversial or mysterious past behind their glittering façades.

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- First there were "blood diamonds," the gems that fueled conflict and human rights abuses in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Then there was "conflict cocoa," the chocolate source ...

Now he has a new cause: Trying to get holiday shoppers to avoid buying "blood diamonds" -- gems whose sales fund African wars in which many civilians are victims of atrocities.

If successful, it would in effect extend the concept of “blood diamonds” to gemstones used to bankroll state-backed warfare, as well as rebel activity. It could also strangle the diamond ...

Looking to solve the problem of ethically sourced gems, Opsydia has developed tech to hide submicron-sized dots in precious stones.