April Birthstone: The Diamond
We don’t talk about birthstones every single month, but we love any opportunity to talk about our favorite gemstones. Diamonds are among our favorite gemstones. The diamond is the birthstone…
After graduating in business, Paul Slegers started working in an
Antwerp diamond business in 1989. Over the years, he gained experience
in different fields of the diamond business, from cutting small
diamonds in Asia, through producing tools for diamond cutting, up to
cutting medium size H&A diamonds.In 2001, he started up his
independent company, Infinity Diamonds,
cutting super-ideal diamonds. In his articles, he will try to give you
background information of the worldwide diamond business.
Last 5 articles of this author
Price-prediction of diamonds – My analysis of the Alrosa-analysis
Last month, Russia’s biggest diamond miner Alrosa (currently the biggest worldwide supplier of rough diamonds) produced a report analyzing the supply, demand and prices of rough diamonds for the next 8 years. The report is available online at this link:
Diamond Market Outlook June 2010
Alrosa predicts that rou...
Price-prediction of diamonds – My analysis of the Alrosa-analysis VIEW POST
Can diamond-cutting be considered Art?
Coming back from holidays, and trying to catch up with Pricescope, I saw a lot of discussion and agreement about diamond-cutting being an art, and hence diamond cutters to be artists. At first, I felt like I had to disagree with this notion.
I consider ourselves not to be artists, but craftsmen, designers if y...
The intricacies and risks of diamond-cutting
The beginning – assessing the value of rough
This February, we were offered a very nice parcel of Botswanan rough. The size of the stones ranged from 2.60 up to 4.60 Carats, 42 stones in total. With most of the stones being makeables, thus returning only one polished stone, we were looking at the possibil...
Numbers and perception, the case of square diamond-cuts
In a previous article, I briefly touched the aspect of perception in our judgement of numbers. I made the case, that since most diamond professionals first gather their knowledge with round brilliants, that they automatically apply rules for rounds to fancy shapes. This is also true with numbers.
In this articl...
Numbers and perception, the case of square diamond-cuts VIEW POST
The diamond industry in 2005 – halfway review
July 29th today. About half a year ago, I wrote an article looking ahead at events and trends in the diamond industry during this year. Today, the Antwerp diamond business closes for their Summer holidays, and it is a good time to look at whether predictions came true and where my predictions were incorrect.
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Price-prediction of diamonds – My analysis of the Alrosa-analysis
Last month, Russia’s biggest diamond miner Alrosa (currently the biggest worldwide supplier of rough diamonds) produced a report analyzing the supply, demand and prices of rough diamonds for the next 8 years. The report is available online at this link: Diamond Market Outlook June 2010 Alrosa predicts that rou...
Price-prediction of diamonds – My analysis of the Alrosa-analysis VIEW POST
Can diamond-cutting be considered Art?
Coming back from holidays, and trying to catch up with Pricescope, I saw a lot of discussion and agreement about diamond-cutting being an art, and hence diamond cutters to be artists. At first, I felt like I had to disagree with this notion. I consider ourselves not to be artists, but craftsmen, designers if y...
The intricacies and risks of diamond-cutting
The beginning – assessing the value of rough This February, we were offered a very nice parcel of Botswanan rough. The size of the stones ranged from 2.60 up to 4.60 Carats, 42 stones in total. With most of the stones being makeables, thus returning only one polished stone, we were looking at the possibil...
Numbers and perception, the case of square diamond-cuts
In a previous article, I briefly touched the aspect of perception in our judgement of numbers. I made the case, that since most diamond professionals first gather their knowledge with round brilliants, that they automatically apply rules for rounds to fancy shapes. This is also true with numbers. In this articl...
Numbers and perception, the case of square diamond-cuts VIEW POST
The diamond industry in 2005 – halfway review
July 29th today. About half a year ago, I wrote an article looking ahead at events and trends in the diamond industry during this year. Today, the Antwerp diamond business closes for their Summer holidays, and it is a good time to look at whether predictions came true and where my predictions were incorrect. ...
