Diamond smoothie
A prominent online jewellery vendor has shredded a diamond engagement ring in a blender in a daring and costly experiment to highlight the durability of diamonds.
Abazias.com has posted footage of the experiment - designed to educate potential customers as to the difference between a diamond's hardness and its toughness - on the website where horrified visitors can watch the as the gemstone it ground into dusty particles.
While diamonds are known to be one of the hardest substances in the world, they are not considered tough and will splinter if struck with a hammer. To illustrate the point, the most precious of gemstones was no match for the high-powered blender.
View the diamond blending video in its entirety by visiting http://www.abazias.com/video/diamond_ring_in_a_blender.asp.ñ
Gold fish
A swimsuit worth 10 million yen (approx $103,000) is just one item in a new line of all-gold apparel that has appeared in the store of a popular Japanese jewellery designer. Constructed from micron threads by local designer Ginza Tanaka, the collection also includes an all-gold skirt with an asking price of 60 million yen (approx $AU620,000).
The garments have been for sale since July 5.
Ideal for a yellow-brick road
Not to be outdone by a Mercedes Benz set with diamonds, a 24-carat gold Porsche Boxster has been unveiled at a trade show in Munich, Germany.
Stuttgart goldsmith and artist Bernd Hoeger is the man responsible for the process, which involved stripping the car of its paint before burnishing it a micro-thin sheet of 24-carat gold.
According to Hoegar, the work was done by hand and took a month to complete.
A real gold digger
An American man has pleaded guilty to charges of robbing graves for jewellery and gold.
Joseph Vecchiarelli, 26, broke into caskets and mausoleums to steal jewellery and gold teeth from the dead in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Vecchiarelli faces more than 97 years in jail.
Left holding the bill
A woman posing as an electricity metre reader has stolen jewellery from an Adelaide home after being permitted entry.
The woman, aged in her 30s, told the male Glenelg North resident she was an AGL meter reader and needed to come inside. After she had left, the resident discovered three rings and a watch had been stolen.
The couple rang AGL who told them they had no one operating in the area.
I love Lucy's jewels
The latest Magnificent Jewels Sale from global auction house Christie's has featured 10 jewellery pieces once belonging to Lucille Ball from 1960s television series I Love Lucy.
The Ball collection included a suite of yellow sapphire and diamond jewellery, valued at approximately $US25,000 - $US30,000 and comprising of a necklace, ear clips and a ring.
Also on display were a range of outstanding diamonds, including a 38.47-carat D-VS1 gem worth around $US2.3 million.
Part proceeds from the auction have been donated to the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York.
Her designs "will go on"
Singer Celine Dion has teamed with Chinese personality Yang Lan to create a diamond jewellery collection for a growing market of luxury-loving Chinese women.
Dion is best known for singing the theme from Hollywood blockbuster Titanic.
Resultantly, a lyric from the song, "I believe my heart will go on," is to be used as a tagline for the jewels.
Personal touch
A London-based jeweller has devised a unique way for couples to put a personal stamp on their wedding rings.
Andrew English Contemporary Jeweller creates bands hand-engraved with the couple's fingerprints. Made by commission only, the rings are available in different styles.
Ring coffins
Is your marriage on the rocks? Is divorce is imminent? Well what better way to mark a dead marriage than by burying the old wedding rings? US-based weddingringcoffin.com offers miniature caskets in which to display discarded rings.
The coffins are made of solid wood with a dark mahogany finish and black velvet lining.
A split lid allows for an open or closed casket.
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