“The Sky Blue Diamond” is the latest in a procession of majestic fancy vivid blue diamonds that have captivated the auction world over the past 12 months. Weighing 8.01 carats, the “Sky Blue Diamond” is the headliner of Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale, which is set to take place in Geneva on November 16. The square-cut gem, which is set …

First-time prospectors Dan Frederick and his daughter, Lauren, scored a 2.03-carat white diamond within 60 minutes of searching the side of a plowed furrow at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park last Tuesday. Dan Frederick, who hails from Renton, Wash., and Lauren, who lives in Los Angeles, traveled 2,200 and 1,600 miles, respectively, to prospect for gems together at the only …

Back in February, a thumb-shaped 404-carat gem-quality rough diamond miraculously found its way through a hole in the sorting screen at Lucapa Diamond Co.’s Lulo processing plant in Angola because it was oriented vertically, not horizontally. Had the gem — which was eventually sold for $16 million — passed through lying flat instead of standing up on edge, it would …

Every once in a while nature delivers something so unusual, so spectacular that even the curator of the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection is impressed. In January of 2011, the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., welcomed its newest resident, the “Yowah Nut Opal.” It weighed 29.83 carats and, at first glance, looked like a nugget of rusted metal. A …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you uplifting tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Canadian Christian rock band Hawk Nelson performs “Diamonds,” a spiritual song about how the pressure of dealing with life’s many challenges often makes us stronger in the end. Lead vocalist Jonathan Steingard sings, “He’s making diamonds, diamonds / …

For more than five months, Andrew Fox had been planning the perfect marriage proposal for girlfriend Heather Terwilliger. She had always dreamed of attending a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, so the romantic boyfriend arranged for the proposal to be announced on the Jumbotron during the 5th inning of Tuesday’s contest between the Yankees and the Red Sox. Fox had …

Luxury brand Gresso is famous for its blinged-out smartphones and accessories. But, on Monday, the Swiss company took smartphone opulence to a new level with the introduction of its iPhone 7 Black Diamond collection. Handsets are priced at $500,000 apiece. Crafted from top-of-the-line grade-5 titanium, the sleek phones feature a back panel studded with 1,450 black diamonds weighing 102 carats. …

In a little more than two weeks, visitors to London’s Natural History Museum will get their first peek at the world’s largest faceted vivid blue topaz — The Ostro Stone. Weighing an astounding 9,831 carats (4.33 pounds), the oval gem will be closely guarded and housed in a 7-foot-tall toughened glass case. Despite the fanfare connected with its newest high-profile exhibit, …

Only one month into their whirlwind romance, Aussie singer Iggy Azalea is wearing seven diamond eternity bands from American rapper French Montana. The couple started dating in August, but already the diamonds are symbolizing that Montana is looking to take the relationship to the next level. In fact, in an Instagram post aimed at her 9.3 million followers, the 26-year-old …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you nostalgic songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today’s edition takes us to the mythical town of San Pueblo, Calif., where the musical siblings of The Partridge Family are performing “Love Must Be the Answer.” Featured in a Partridge Family episode that aired on October 13, 1972, …