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Over 80% of rough diamonds were purchased in Antwerp. [4] Within the area is the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, and four trading exchanges [5] including the Diamond Club of Antwerp and the Beurs voor Diamanthandel, both of which were founded by Hasidic diamantaires, [6] the Antwerpsche Diamantkring and the Vrije Diamanthandel. [7]
It also had a commercial branch to issue certificates. In 2007, the Diamond High Council was restructured and split up in two different enterprises. One of them, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), a private foundation, is responsible for the representation of the collective interests of the Belgian diamond industry domestically and abroad.
Antwerp diamond district; B. ... Jewellery Quarter; Jewelry District; ... This page was last edited on 4 April 2024, at 03:59 (UTC).
The Antwerp diamond district's leading firms and various foreign firms exhibit high quality natural diamonds of a variety of cuts and sizes, from white diamonds to natural fancy colour diamonds. Buyers from jewellery manufacturers and retailers visit the show to source stones and to re-stock.
Members of The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) act as a medium for wholesale diamond exchange, trading both polished and rough diamonds. The WFDB consists of independent diamond bourses in major centers of the diamond trade such as Tel Aviv, Antwerp, Mumbai, Johannesburg, London and New York and other cities across the United States ...
Gabriel S. Tolkowsky (15 September 1939 – 28 May 2023) was a Belgian-Israeli diamond cutter, best known for cutting the Centenary Diamond. [1] He was the great nephew of Marcel Tolkowsky, father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut. [2] He is the sixth generation in his family to become well-known in the diamond cutting trade. [3] [4]
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Statue of van Bercken in Antwerp. Lodewyk van Bercken (also known in French as Louis de Berquem) [1] was a mid- to late-15th century Flemish [2] jeweller and diamond cutter, renowned in the industry for inventing the scaif. The device revolutionized the diamond cutting industry and contributed to increased popularity of diamonds. [3]