Lab grown Kashmir sapphires selling well…

Our lab grown Kashmir sapphires are selling very well, and thus we thought it was about time to have a better photo taken of them for our website.

The Asscher cut has probably had the largest jump in sales, and so here is our latest photo:

Asscher cut lab grown blue sapphire

We’re planning to also photo our lab grown Alexandrite in the near future. 

Details and pricing on our inventory of lab grown Kashmir blue sapphires are here.

Zimbabwe diamonds leave bloody trail…

Here’s a depressing article – I’ll just quote the first paragraph:

 ”Human Rights Watch said Friday that Zimbabwe’s armed forces have taken over diamond fields in the east and killed more than 200 people, forcing children to search for the gems and beating villagers who get in the way.”

Plus a photo of the ‘mining’…more like a bunch of people in a dirty pit.

Zimbabwe diamonds article – MSNBC.com

Just when it seemed they were getting the conflict diamond issue under control.  At least the problem is getting the publicity it deserves, which in itself will help reduce events like this over the long run.