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Thursday, February 25, 2021
F.P. Journe Astronomic Souveraine
Welcome To Country
Get to know Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples.
In Search Of Elsewhere: Unseen Images
In Search of Elsewhere, Steve McCurry takes as across the globe and reveals the diversity of human life.
Free The Money. Free The World
Franck Muller has just unveiled a high-tech watch that doubles as a Bitcoin wallet and read the time, too.
215 Carat Diamond Recovered At Mothae
Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 215 carat rough from its Mothae mine in Lesotho, the largest high quality diamond it has found at the deposit. The D-color, white, type IIa diamond is the second diamond over 200 carats the miner has unearthed since it began commercial operations at the site in 2019. Take a look.
Marie Antoinette Ring
One of a kind design with aquamarine and blue sapphires by Lydia Courteille.
Useful link: https://lydiacourteilleshop.com
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Quicksand
Emma Gibson's Quicksand sculptures are of minuscule grains of sand transformed into megalithic forms. Take a look.
Yaupon Tea
A fascinating story on the rebirth of America's forgotten tea.
The New Ikea
Ikea wants to make disassembly a consumer habit, and it's releasing a series of instructions to help users do just that.
Klara And The Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Klara and the Sun--a luminous tale about the human heart and what it means to love----will publish simultaneously in the US, UK, and Canada on March 2, 2021.
Racing Machines For The Wrist
Ferrari's tie-up with Richard Mille sets the stage for what may may be the most authentic watch-car co-branding effort we have seen yet. Stay tuned.
Useful link: https://www.richardmille.com
Diamonds With Fake Inscriptions Turn Up At GIA
The Gemological Institute of America has recently received a number of lab-grown or treated diamonds carrying natural diamond reports and fake inscriptions. Buyer beware.