A windfall for local jeweler

Thousands of shareholders have gathered in Omaha, Neb for Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. More than 10,000 people crowded into Borsheim's jewelry store Friday evening for the first official event of the Berkshire annual meeting. Shareholders are offered discounts of up to 50%. Not bad!

And jewelry designer Michael Beaudry said he was close to selling a rare red diamond ring. He wouldn't divulge the price, but said a red diamond a little less than one carat in size recently sold at auction for $1 million. Wow!!

Keywords:  Berkshire Hathaway,  Omaha,  Jeweler

Reaching the stars for her (literally)

Well thats what you will have to do if you want to gift the galaxy's largest diamond to the woman in your life. This cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallized carbon 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is 2,500 miles across and weighs 5 million trillion trillion pounds, which translates to approximately 10 billion trillion trillion carats, or a one followed by 34 zeros. Damn!


A diamond that is almost forever

"You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the Sun to grade this diamond!"

Astronomers refer to it as 'Lucy' after the Beatles song 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.'

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- 203 carat diamond.....phew !!!it is huge!!!!

Keywords:  Diamond,  Carats,  Constellation

Diamond (encryptions) are forever!!

For the geeks around here.. No longer are diamonds only a girl's best friend, but they could also become the sworn enemy of spies and hackers. How? "Researchers at Melbourne University are growing diamond particles on optical fibres to transmit information they say will be impossible to hack."

Buh wump dump.

Keywords:  Diamond,  Hacker

Mother's Day coming. Have you made the reservations?

If you are anything like me, you still wouldn't have done the planning for mother's day. Well, this afternoon lets pledge to make all the arrangements to make this a wonderful Mother's Day. Before making the reservation for a brunch or a lunch, just consider what Mom is into.. does she enjoy drinks, or jazz, or a hearty appetite, or warm donuts?



And if you want to make Mom feel all the more special, jewelry can be the perfect gift for Mother's Day. Heres some advice posted on ABC7Chicago.com: "Fine Jewelry Gifts For Every Type of Mom -- from the affordable to the extravagant:

-- Transitional jewelry that can take a working mom from day to evening with ease.
-- Sentimental pieces of jewelry for proud moms that serve as a reminder of her biggest accomplishment(s).
-- Jewelry that connotes serenity, like doves; uncut and natural looking gemstones in vibrant colors like orange, blue and green; and jewelry that is inspired by nature."

Keywords:  Mother's Day,  Jewelry,  Gifts

75,000 years old jewelry found

Yup, thats correct. Even 75,000 years back, women wanted jewelry. Shell beads found in Blombos Cave on the southern tip of Africa are 75,000 years old.



Researchers believe the use of jewellery grew out of the need to identify individuals - to determine which social group a person belonged to, or their status within that group. According to the scientists: "It's all about identity - about changing the way you look. I'm sure clothing also came along in a big way at the same time. And then there's all that ochre. These people were interested in changing their colour."

Not too many things have changed between then and now. Have they?

Keywords:  Old Jewelry,  Jewellery,  Africa

Airport turns into Auction House

Looking to buy a gold wedding band? Well, you don't have to go the mall. Rather, make a trip to the Kennedy Airport where they put things from Rolexes to Wedding bands on auction. This is the result of many of us walking off the security-check without our watches and jewelry.

The Port Authority is taking bids until May 12. So hurry up! There's only one catch: It's all being sold as a single lot — probably enough to fill up your average-sized pickup truck.

Keywords:  Airport,  Auction,  Wedding Band

From biotech PR to jewelry designer

Story of how a bride-to-be began making jewelry out of desperation and then her journey from biotech public relations executive to jewelry designer. This female, Adriana Jenkins, has got her jewelry line into 8 stores all along the east coast & is aiming for 20.

Good luck girl!

Keywords:  Jewelry,  Designer

Moms want jewelry

JCOC study shows moms want jewelry: "Nearly 32 percent of respondents who are also mothers report that, if asked, they would suggest jewelry as their gift of choice, with diamond jewelry the clear preference for 39 percent of those polled. Nearly 8 percent say they would like sapphire, their birthstone or plain metal jewelry, while almost 44 percent prefer yellow gold, and 25 percent want white gold. Earrings were respondents' favored type of jewelry, followed by fashion rings, bracelets and necklaces."

"Their gift-of-choice was evenly distributed between flowers and jewelry, at 17 percent each."

So what about you? Done with your Mother's Day shopping?


Keywords:  Mom,  Mother's Day,  Sapphire

$57,000 Jewelry Stolen From Car

WFTV.com - News - $57,000 In Jewelry Stolen From Car In K-Mart Parking Lot: " A Polk County couple is out $57,000 in jewelry after thieves broke into their car during a quick trip to K-Mart."

wow! thats quite a lot of valuables to keep in the car.

Keywords:  Jewelry,  Thieves

Growth in diamond jewelry market

U.S. Retail Diamond Jewelry Market Grows 8.2%

-- "U.S. retail sales of diamond jewelry increased by 8.2 percent last year, to $31.5 billion – a rise of $2.4 billion over 2003 sales of $29.1 billion"
-- "In 2004, diamond engagement rings reached their highest average price at $2,600."
-- "Over the last five years, three-stone diamond jewelry has posted an average annual growth in sales of almost 35 percent."
-- "In 2004, the Diamond Right Hand Ring drove the $3.8 billion non-bridal fashion diamond ring category from an underperforming section of the market into one that grew by 15 percent. This can be attributed to the success of the marketing campaign “The Left Hand Is For We, The Right Hand Is For Me!”

Keywords:  Diamond Jewelry,  Three Stone Jewelry,  Right Hand Ring

Men's Jewelry Design Contest

The Gemological Institute of America is accepting applications for the 29th annual George A. Schuetz Design Competition , dedicated to men's jewelry. Anyone is eligible to submit a design. GIA will be accepting applications through June 15.

Keywords:  GIA,  Men's Jewelry,  Contest

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April 27th 2005