Disclosure is important when selling diamonds, as misleading consumers can either be annoying for them, or even illegal.
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Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said on Thursday, oil was a factor in Australia’s contribution to the unpopular war, as “energy security” and stability in the Middle East would be crucial to the nation’s future.
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In a recent presentation at the JCK trade fair in Las Vegas, Melbourne based jeweller Garry Holloway stated that “We generally get 10 to 15 percent more than the Internet, but we get to keep the customer and get his family too…We see that as a fair trade-off.”
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On June 1, The GIA is introducing a few changes to their Diamond Dossier service.
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The Ideal-Scope sales system consists of the Ideal-Scope, Ideal-Light and two cubic zirconias – one ideal cut and one cut very deep.
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In the 1990s, when the De Beers’ monopoly was still going strong, critics of De Beers, especially Edward Jay Epstein, claimed that De Beers was artificially inflating diamonds and creating a myth that diamonds are rare through controlling the supply chain and clever advertising.

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Within any industry or scientific field, there will be certain things that are universally accepted as fact and things that are by enlarge controversial and largely disagreed upon
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From the 1940s De Beers heavily promoted the link between romance and diamonds. Out of this campaign came the phrase “A Diamond is Forever”.
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