Jeweller - July, Edition I 2020

Upfront
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Alpha Order
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HISTORIC GEMSTONE
Sunrise
Ruby
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4The world’s most expensive
ruby and most expensive colour
gemstone is the Sunrise Ruby.
The 25.59-carat Burmese ruby
is prized for its saturated ‘pigeon
blood’ red colour, and was named
after a line in a poem by the 13th Century poet, Rumi.
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The Sunrise Ruby, set in a platinum
ring with diamonds: Sotheby’s
It was mounted in a platinum ring, set between two shield-cut
diamonds, by Cartier and auctioned on 12 May 2015 by Sotheby’s.
An anonymous buyer purchased the ring for a record-breaking
$US30.4 million ($AU43.8 million).
Celebrity Style
4 Oscar-nominated Australian actress
Margot Robbie has shown her love for
local brand Lucy Folk’s new collection,
Sun Worship. Folk and head jeweller
Craig Spark were inspired by Aztec and
Mayan sun symbols to create “a sense of
hope and optimism” with the designs.
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Stranger Things
Weird, wacky and wonderful
jewellery news from around the world
Striking it lucky
4Two of the largest tanzanites
on record have been unearthed
in northern Tanzania, weighing
9.2kg and 5.1kg. They were sold
to the Tanzanian government by
mine owner Saniniu Laizer for 7.74
billion Tanzanian shillings ($AU4.8
million). Laizer has announced his
intention to build a local school
with the profits, with the employees
who mined the gems to be paid 10
per cent of the sale price.
Dark matter
4Israeli-born, New York-based
jeweller Reut Ringel has created
‘black gold’ by chemically altering
the surface of the metal. Working
with a team of engineers for three
years to develop the waste-free
process, Ringel said, “You get a
much higher-quality colour [than
with black rhodium plating].”
The black gold is prominently
featured in her jewellery line, Reut,
alongside baroque pearls.
Digital Brainwave
Approximately
90 per cent of
18–24 year olds
in Australia
use Snapchat,
checking it an
average of 30
times a day.
4Social media app Snapchat has launched
its Dynamic Product Ads (DPA) initiative,
which allows businesses to automatically
generate ads for products on the platform.
Kathryn Carter, general manager –
Australia and New Zealand of Snapchat’s
parent company Snap, said, “The arrival of
DPA, which is free to access, means that
[businesses] will save time – not only on the
creative process but also on the admin front,
allowing them to easily run measurable
‘always on’ campaigns that will drive
e-commerce sales.”
Jewel Watch
4The Goutte de Ciel, or Drop of Sky,
necklace by Boucheron contains
aerogel, a synthetic porous material
that is one of the lightest known
materials in the world.
Icy smile
4Not content with a set of
‘pearly whites’, US rapper Gucci
Mane has upgraded his porcelain
tooth veneers with $US250,000
diamond studs. The celebrity has
previously referred to himself
as the ‘King of Jewellery’,
with a collection that includes
an $US80,000 ice cream cone
pendant, a $US500,000 pinky ring,
and a custom-made $US250,000
diamond-and-rose gold
charm bracelet.
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