Jeweller - May 2021

Upfront
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HISTORIC GEMSTONE
Aurora Australis Opal
4Discovered at Lightning Ridge, NSW in 1938, the 180-carat Aurora
Australis is believed to be the world’s most valuable black opal, with
an estimated value of $1 million. Miner Charlie Dunstan recovered the
gemstone which displays a harlequin pattern and vibrant red, green, and
blue play of colours.
It was sold to opal specialists Altmann + Cherny,
who cut, polished, and renamed it The Aurora
Australis after the ‘southern lights’ – the
southern-hemisphere equivalent to the
Aurora Borealis, or ‘northern lights’.
The opal is on permanent
display at the Altmann + Cherny
showroom in Sydney.
Celebrity Style
4Writer-director Emerald Fennell
(above) attended the virtual British
Academy Film & Television Awards
(BAFTAs) – where her feature Promising
Young Woman won Best British Film –
wearing a selection of green tourmaline
and diamond cocktail rings (inset)
designed by her father, acclaimed
jeweller Theo Fennell.
Image credit: Tiffany & Co. Image credit: Zoe McConnell
Stranger Things
Weird, wacky and wonderful
jewellery news from around the world
A rail honest guy
4A New York train conductor
has been honoured by the
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)
for discovering and turning in
36 diamond engagement rings,
which had been left on an evening
rush hour train. Valued at
$US107,000, the find is believed to
be one of the LIRR’s most expensive
lost property cases. Thanks to the
conductor’s honesty, the rings were
soon reunited with their owner – a
jeweller who had forgotten them on
his train ride home!
Gift fit for a Khaleesi
4To celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the Game Of
Thrones TV show, Fabergé has
designed a limited-edition
themed version of its iconic Egg
objet d’art, in collaboration with
Thrones costume designer Michele
Clapton. The enamel Egg opens
in three sections and features
18-carat white gold dragons, pink
sapphires, white diamonds, and a
hidden ruby crown.
French luxury
conglomerate
Kering has now
trained 400 staff
in 16 countries to
conduct ‘distance
sales’ using
digital means.
Digital Brainwave
4European luxury brands have begun
to embrace ‘distance sales’ during the
COVID-19 pandemic, with Italian jeweller
Gismondi 1754 revealing it recently sold
a €300,000 10-carat diamond ring via
WhatsApp and video chat.
Massimo Gismondi, CEO Gismondi 1754,
said, “I was on the phone chatting with the
lady who is buying it, and it came up that this
was the dream of a lifetime for her.”
Gismondi assisted the customer to find
the perfect ring via video, which was then
delivered to her home in Switzerland.
Campaign Watch
4Tiffany & Co. has announced
Roseanne ‘Rosé’ Park (above, in the
new Tiffany HardWear campaign), from
girl group Blackpink, as its new global
‘ambassador’. New Zealand-born,
Australian-raised Park said, “I’ve worn
Tiffany jewellery since I was in high
school... I’m very honoured and excited.”
Weapon of choice
4US jewellery brand Amulet By
D has released a ‘self-defence’
collection, with pieces that can be
quickly converted into weapons
such as diamond-studded sterling
silver knuckle dusters and necklaces
with functional whistles and spiked
clasps. Founder Doris Chou Durfee
– who is an experienced martial arts
practitioner – said the designs were
inspired by her experiences as an
Asian-American woman, including
witnessing recent hate crimes
in the US.
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