Trichy, once regarded as the capital of artificial gem cutting, an industry which manually made diamond lookalike stones, had lost its market to the aggressive pricing and machinery expertise of China ...

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The Tucson Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Showcase is off and running for its 62nd year, many of the 45 shows opening Saturday. "This is the premier location for the display and sale of ...

Rubies, emeralds and tourmalines can only sparkle with the right cut. Since early this year, a fully automatic machine has undertaken this grinding process one gem cutter. It saves up to 30 percent of ...

Portable Gem Cutting Machines in High Demand! Gem Faceting Machine Market Witnesses Growing Demand for Compact and Portable Gem Faceting Machines for On-the-Go Jewelers. Technological advancements in ...

Background: Guastadisegni, 42, was 14 years old when his family moved from Italy to Chicago. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and studied ...

Russia wants its biggest diamond miner to work more closely with the country’s top gem cutters so the industry can better compete in a market that’s dominated by Indian manufacturers. As part of a ...

* Photo: Corbis * Getting a perfect diamond or ruby from a raw stone has always been more art than science. Each gem must be meticulously cut and polished by hand. The problem: It can take up to four ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Visitors find small diamonds at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro fairly often. More than 200 have already been claimed this year, more than 30,000 have been discovered ...

Local gem store owner Tobin Rupert realized he had a valuable stone when his associate Tyler Jourdonnais dropped off a ruby to be cut. "I thought it was going to be at least 30 grand," he said. As he ...

Since 2010, the United States has poured about $700 million into a program intended to encourage economic development in Afghanistan. But recent reviews by a federal watchdog question whether that ...