Jeweller - July, Edition I 2020
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Upfront<br />
#Instagram hashtags to follow<br />
Alpha Order<br />
#aquamarine<br />
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#daintyjewellery<br />
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HISTORIC GEMSTONE<br />
Sunrise<br />
Ruby<br />
#goldanddiamonds<br />
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#luxejewelry<br />
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4The world’s most expensive<br />
ruby and most expensive colour<br />
gemstone is the Sunrise Ruby.<br />
The 25.59-carat Burmese ruby<br />
is prized for its saturated ‘pigeon<br />
blood’ red colour, and was named<br />
after a line in a poem by the 13th Century poet, Rumi.<br />
#organicjewellery<br />
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#rubies<br />
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#stackingrings<br />
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#unisexjewelry<br />
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#vintagering<br />
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The Sunrise Ruby, set in a platinum<br />
ring with diamonds: Sotheby’s<br />
It was mounted in a platinum ring, set between two shield-cut<br />
diamonds, by Cartier and auctioned on 12 May 2015 by Sotheby’s.<br />
An anonymous buyer purchased the ring for a record-breaking<br />
$US30.4 million ($AU43.8 million).<br />
Celebrity Style<br />
4 Oscar-nominated Australian actress<br />
Margot Robbie has shown her love for<br />
local brand Lucy Folk’s new collection,<br />
Sun Worship. Folk and head jeweller<br />
Craig Spark were inspired by Aztec and<br />
Mayan sun symbols to create “a sense of<br />
hope and optimism” with the designs.<br />
Image credit:<br />
Stranger Things<br />
Weird, wacky and wonderful<br />
jewellery news from around the world<br />
Striking it lucky<br />
4Two of the largest tanzanites<br />
on record have been unearthed<br />
in northern Tanzania, weighing<br />
9.2kg and 5.1kg. They were sold<br />
to the Tanzanian government by<br />
mine owner Saniniu Laizer for 7.74<br />
billion Tanzanian shillings ($AU4.8<br />
million). Laizer has announced his<br />
intention to build a local school<br />
with the profits, with the employees<br />
who mined the gems to be paid 10<br />
per cent of the sale price.<br />
Dark matter<br />
4Israeli-born, New York-based<br />
jeweller Reut Ringel has created<br />
‘black gold’ by chemically altering<br />
the surface of the metal. Working<br />
with a team of engineers for three<br />
years to develop the waste-free<br />
process, Ringel said, “You get a<br />
much higher-quality colour [than<br />
with black rhodium plating].”<br />
The black gold is prominently<br />
featured in her jewellery line, Reut,<br />
alongside baroque pearls.<br />
Digital Brainwave<br />
Approximately<br />
90 per cent of<br />
18–24 year olds<br />
in Australia<br />
use Snapchat,<br />
checking it an<br />
average of 30<br />
times a day.<br />
4Social media app Snapchat has launched<br />
its Dynamic Product Ads (DPA) initiative,<br />
which allows businesses to automatically<br />
generate ads for products on the platform.<br />
Kathryn Carter, general manager –<br />
Australia and New Zealand of Snapchat’s<br />
parent company Snap, said, “The arrival of<br />
DPA, which is free to access, means that<br />
[businesses] will save time – not only on the<br />
creative process but also on the admin front,<br />
allowing them to easily run measurable<br />
‘always on’ campaigns that will drive<br />
e-commerce sales.”<br />
Jewel Watch<br />
4The Goutte de Ciel, or Drop of Sky,<br />
necklace by Boucheron contains<br />
aerogel, a synthetic porous material<br />
that is one of the lightest known<br />
materials in the world.<br />
Icy smile<br />
4Not content with a set of<br />
‘pearly whites’, US rapper Gucci<br />
Mane has upgraded his porcelain<br />
tooth veneers with $US250,000<br />
diamond studs. The celebrity has<br />
previously referred to himself<br />
as the ‘King of <strong>Jeweller</strong>y’,<br />
with a collection that includes<br />
an $US80,000 ice cream cone<br />
pendant, a $US500,000 pinky ring,<br />
and a custom-made $US250,000<br />
diamond-and-rose gold<br />
charm bracelet.<br />
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