Charles I and his wife Zita, photographed around 1916, fled to Switzerland at the end of World War I. Hulton Archive / Getty Images For decades, the 137-carat yellow diamond that belonged to Europe’s ...

You could soon accessorize like a famous French emperor. A dazzling diamond brooch once owned by Napoleon I will be auctioned off during Sotheby’s Royal and Noble Jewels sale in Geneva this week. It ...

A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in a Canadian bank for decades. The Florentine Diamond, here set atop a ...

A unique brooch set with old mine-cut diamonds once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte will headline Sotheby’s Royal & Noble Sale on November 12 at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva. It will be offered at ...

Determining the authenticity of a diamond requires professional equipment and a highly trained eye. At-home tests do exist—from the fog test to the water-drop test—but the only way to be sure is by ...

Marguerite Xenopoulos receives funding from Canada Research Chairs and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Michael R. Twiss is affiliated with the International Association for ...

PHOENIX — Steakhouse and cocktail restaurant Diamond Don’s is set to celebrate its grand opening in downtown Mesa on Tuesday, according to a press release. The new joint is located at Main and Center ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. A total of 294 ...

Sept 4 (Reuters) - Lesotho's biggest diamond mine, Letseng, has laid off 240 workers, a fifth of its workforce, as it battles persistently low gem prices due to weak demand and an uncertain global ...

Travis Kelce's sparkly pick for his bride-to-be dates back to a time long ago Taylor Swift's engagement to Travis Kelce has sparked a new engagement ring conversation involving old mine cut diamonds ...

After so many years searching for someone to fill the “Blank Space” in her heart, billionaire chanteuse Taylor Swift has, it seems, finally found her person in Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce.