The creation of the Namibian Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) is based on a 50x50 partnership between the Government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers. The agreement, which resulted in the creation of the company, was signed in January 2007 and holds immense possibilities for the country in terms of the economic activity such a venture, is expected to generate. The purpose of the NDTC is to make diamonds available for sale in Namibia for local manufacturing. Shihaleni Ellis Ndjaba is the CEO of Namibian Diamond Trading Company (NDTC). Until January 2008 he was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication.
This is the opinion expressed by Dmitri Zverev, a Canadian jeweler, owning Euro Custom Design Jewellery Ltd. Currently, his occupation includes: jewelry design, sophisticated jewelry made to order, developing CNC machine-tools and methods of their application in jewelry modelling.
The Almaz-Holding Company is part of the leading trio in the Russian jewelry market. The holding’s mainstream business covers manufacturing of gold, platinum and silver jewelry with precious and semi-precious gems; wholesale and retail trade through the network of corporate stores. Flun Gumerov, President of Almaz-Holding and Member of the Supreme Council of the Jewellers’ Guild of Russia, answers the questions asked by the Rough&Polished correspondent.
In anticipation of the 2008 JCK Show in Las Vegas and the release of its innovative GemeFancy system for identifying colors in fancy colored diamonds, GemeWizard, a leader in the development of color communication software and hardware for the gemstone and diamond industries, is enabling members of the industry to use its new program free of charge for a period of three months since May 5.
GemeFancy is a color assessing and communication application that empowers users to accurately identify, describe and communicate all the colors visible in fancy colored diamonds, and recognize their relative location within the GIA Fancy Diamond color range. Earlier color identification methods have provided users with a limited range of color alternatives, and required them to extrapolate in order to arrive at an exact color description. With the new GemeFancy system, the user is able to match every color to an image on the computer screen.
GemeFancy identifies 27 main hues, each of which is modified into 36-42 fancy grades and other color descriptions. Each one represents the accumulative effect of the tones and saturations on a certain hue. The images generated by the GemeFancy are described using standard GIA terminology and GemeWizard's alphanumeric Color Code. The system creates email messages that allow accurate color information to be transferred to a third party, Israelidiamond.Co.Il reports.
Menahem Sevdermish, GemeWizard's founder and developer noted: "Our goal is to provide anybody handling fancy colored diamonds a common language by which he or she can communicate color information to colleagues, clients and suppliers. By creating the GemeFancy, we have provided the industry with tools to make this dream of a common color language a reality."
To use the trial version free of charge for three months with no obligations on the part of the user click here.
GemeWizard will be displaying at the GIA booth at the JCK Show.
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