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Ornate coral-motif earrings, sculptural silver hoops, a yellow-gold medallion choker: The jewelry made by up-and-coming British brand Lylie’s is beautiful and aesthetically intriguing. But these classic pieces, in which natural forms feature heavily, have surprising origins. Each one is made from material that has been electronically mined. Electronic mining — the process of extracting gold, […]
Jamie Squire/Getty Images Drew Brees is embroiled in a $ 9 million lawsuit with a jeweler named Vahid Moradi, arguing that an independent appraiser suggested he was significantly overcharged for diamond purchases. The lawsuit claims Brees and his wife paid $ 15 million for investment-grade diamonds that the independent appraiser valued at only $ 6 […]
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Yair Shimansky sets his alarm for 3 a.m. and boards a plane two hours later. After flying from Cape Town to Kimberley, he drives 140 miles to Wolmaransstad, a dreary town of 3,500 in South Africa’s ”maize basket.” By midmorning he’s poring over rough diamonds, using high-tech equipment and smartphone apps to calibrate their potential […]
