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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]
Embee Diamond Technologies operates a diamond cutting and polishing atelier in Prince Albert, SK. [citation needed] Botha has cut and polished large diamonds including one of the diamonds in the Premier Rose Diamond collection- the Premier (baby) Rose diamond, weighing 353.9 carats (70.78 g) in its rough state along with Willem Joubert.
Diamond cutting, as well as overall processing, is concentrated in a few cities around the world. The main diamond trading centers are Antwerp, Tel Aviv, and Dubai from where roughs are sent to the main processing centers of India and China. [3] Diamonds are cut and polished in Surat, India and the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen. [4 ...
Marcel Tolkowsky (25 December 1899 – 10 February 1991), [1] an engineer by education, was a Belgian member of a Jewish family of diamond cutters from Poland.He is generally acknowledged as the father of the modern round brilliant diamond cut. [2]
This is a list of countries by diamond production in 2016, based on the British Geological Survey Mineral Statistics Summary for 2016. [ 3 ] 2016 Diamond production
LKI was founded in 1903 by Mr Lazare Kaplan. The Tempelsman Group purchased a controlling interest in LKI in 1984. LKI has been publicly listed since 1972 and remains the only company specialising in diamond manufacturing whose shares are publicly listed on a US stock exchange (American Stock Exchange; stock symbol: LKI).
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.
In the early 1990s, the company released DiaMension®, [9] one of the world's first diamond cut grading software that could accurately measure a rough diamond's measurements within seconds. This transformed the way the industry approached the process of diamond cutting and fueled consumer demand for a wider range of cuts. [12]