The Q2 2026 lab-grown wholesale index fell 13% year over year, but the average hides a split: one-carat rounds rose 1% while two-carat stones dropped 20% and fancies gave up 17%. US lab-grown jewelry sales still climbed 24% on unit volume, and the spread against natural stones has never been wider.
US independent jewelers posted an 18% sales gain in June, but units were flat as average tickets climbed. Natural diamond jewelry rose 10% o…
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Rapaport's early-July list showed 0.30 to 0.49 carat rounds recovering off inventory lows just as De Beers moved to align its rough prices w…
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The July Rapaport list showed prices for pointer diamonds, the 0.30 to under 1.00 carat sizes, rising for the first time in more than four y…
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De Beers' latest US consumer research, released June 29, found average natural-diamond spending up 25% to $4,063 and the average stone up to…
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De Beers data confirms India is now the world's second-largest diamond jewellery market at 12% of global demand, surpassing China and Japan …
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De Beers' consolidated realized rough price slipped to $155 per carat, down 5 percent year on year, after price cuts of 10 to 15 percent. La…
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India's gem and jewellery exports declined 2.49 percent year on year in May 2026, weighed down by gold prices, while polished lab-grown diam…
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India's combined April-May 2026 gem and jewellery exports came in at $4.27 billion against $4.55 billion the prior year, a 6.03% contraction…
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Rapaport's May 2026 monthly index shows the cleanest divergence between small-stone and large-stone polished pricing in over a year. The 0.3…
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JCK Las Vegas drew 17,500 attendees with natural diamonds outperforming lab-grown on the floor, while Rapaport April release showed 0.30 and…
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The Rapaport one-carat RAPI is down roughly 30 percent from early 2024 levels, with the 0.30 to 0.50 carat commercial bracket carrying the w…
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Bain now projects lab-grown diamond price declines at 5 to 8 percent annually after the cumulative 74 percent drop from 2020 to 2025. De Bee…
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