The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has acquired an extraordinary 55.08-carat fancy yellow diamond for the National Gem Collection. The renowned Kimberley Diamond is now on display in ...

Before the 1930s, the gems of choice for engagement rings included opals, rubies, and sapphires. But in the 1940s, De Beers--the South African mining firm that controls the majority of the world's ...

The Sun-Drop Diamond, considered the largest known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond in the world, sold for $12.3 million Tuesday at Sotheby’s Sale of Magnificent Jewels in Geneva. The auction ...

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON,: RIO) has unearthed a 158.20-carat gem-quality yellow diamond at its Diavik mine, located 200 km south of the Arctic Circle in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The precious rock is ...

Earlier this month, during Paris’s haute couture week, passers-by might have noticed a glorious yellow glow emanating from a Rue Saint-Honoré vitrine. The high jewelry presentations were underway, and ...

A 133.03-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond achieved a sale price of more than $5.5 million, becoming the largest fancy vivid yellow diamond to sell at auction. This was the top lot at Sotheby’s ...