Honourable Guest Mr. C.P.Vanani President, Surat Diamond Association, (Right); Chief Guest Mr. Nileshbhai Mandlewala President , South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Second from right), Honourable Guests Mr. Tusharbhai Chokshi President, Surat Jewellers Association, (second from left); Mr. Pravinbhai Nanavati Joint Secretary, Gujarat Hira Bourse, (left).

The winners: 1st- Mrs. Vaibhavi Jogani, student of Goyam Diamond Institute, Surat, (Right). 2nd- Miss Shruti H. Tandon, Student of N.I.J.D., Ahmedabad, (Middle) & 3rd- relative of Miss Rameshwari Bartwal, student of  Arch institute, Jaipur, (Left).

1st- Mrs. Vaibhavi Jogani getting certificate by Mr. Pravinbhai Nanavati Joint Secretary, Gujarat Hira Bourse

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Goyam Institute for diamonds & jewellery is a leading institute in Surat, Gujarat, India. Goyam was established in 2000. All kinds of knowledge related to Diamond & Jewellery; like Diamond Grading, Diamond Valuation, Jewellery Valuation, Jewellery Designing (Manual & CAD2-D/3-D), Jewellery Manufacturing, Export Management etc. given here.

Goyam had organized a national level competition of jewellery designing. Many Jewellery Designers & students of Jewellery Designing had participated in this competition.

Award function of this competition was held in Regent mall, Ghod-Dod Road, Surat on 26^th July, 2009, at 4 pm. And the Award function was inaugurated by Mr. Chunilal Shah Chairman, Goyam diamond institute and Honourable guests.

The Chief Guest of the function was Mr. Nileshbhai Mandlewala President, South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Guest of honours were Mr. C.P.Vanani President, Surat Diamond Association; Mr. Tusharbhai Chokshi President, Surat Jewellers Association; Mr. Pravinbhai Nanavati Joint Secretary, Gujarat Hira Bourse. Presence of all the leading Jewellers & Leaders of Diamond industry had made these moments are precious & memorable.

The first winner was Mrs. Vaibhavi Jogani, student of Goyam Diamond Institute, Surat. Second prize goes to Miss Shruti H. Tandon, Student of N.I.J.D., Ahmedabad & third winner was Miss Rameshwari Bartwal, student of  Arch institute, Jaipur. And the consolation prizes goes to Miss Shreya Shah, Surat; Mrs. Sapna Shah, Surat; Mr. Deepankar Jana, Delhi, Miss Vaidehi Gupta, New Delhi; Miss Priyanka Agarwal, Jaipur; Miss Shilpi Gupta, Delhi; Mrs. Rituu Jhaveri, Mumbai. All the participants were given participation certificates.

In this ceremony Mr. Sanjay Shah, Director of Goyam has explained how to make career and how to get good and more opportunities in Diamond & Jewellery field. Guests say that Competitions are one type of platform & it’s necessary for motivation, ambition & emergence of new designers.

Goyam Institute for Diamonds & Jewellery
has extended the date of submition of designs for
National level Jewellery Designing Competition to 8th of July-09.
And than within 15 days  "Goyam" will announce the winners. Goyam will publish all the details of winners on "Goyam News" section on:

http://www.goyamdiamondinstitute.com/news-center.html

Rio Tinto’s recent tender of its "Once in a Blue Moon" collection, comprising 16 lots of blue and violet diamonds from its Argyle mine in Australia weighing 287 carats, garnered record prices, according to Rio spokespersons, who did not disclose the value of the sale. Diamonds for the tender were sourced from several years of production at Argyle, which, the company recently reported, doubled to 4.4 million carats in the first quarter of 2009 due to the processing of higher-grade ore at the mine during the period.

-with thanks fron Rapaport.

Akshaya Tritiya, an auspicious occasion for buying gold, is seeing many customers opting for diamonds rather than gold. As gold prices soar, jewelers are promoting diamond jewelry, feeding a gradual shift in Indian consumer preference towards diamonds. Jewelers are offering promotions and discounts to take advantage of the growing market. Nonetheless, some gold shops reported that sales during the Akshaya Tritiya festival were as much as 20 times higher than on an average day. The majority of the sales were in the leading gold-houses such as Bheema, Alukkas and Josco, while small shops remained deserted — a result of the marketing strategies of the bigger stores, which included promotional offers, discounts and hallmarked jewelry.

-with thanks from Rapaport.

Against the backdrop of the global slowdown, De Beers has decided to cut its production by 40 to 50 percent this year. According to Varda Shine, managing director of the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), demand at the retail counter should experience a drop of between 5 and 10 percent this year, but the fall in supplies will be much larger, leading to improved stability in the industry. The company has also decided to cut costs by 47 percent and to close some of its less-viable mines. Shine noted that DTC has revised prices of rough diamonds downward, but refused to divulge price details.

-with thanks from Rapaport.

An auction of high-quality mineral specimens, gold nuggets, works of art, gemstones and jewellery will be held by Bonhams in New York on June 1, 2009. The auction would offer 525 lots on sale, of which over 50 contain Tourmaline in both polished and unpolished, mounted and unmounted jewellery. The company suggests that there is a growing interest for the stone amongst the trade as of today and its characteristics make it an ideal stone for everyday wear jewellery.

The quality of the featured bue Tourmalines is rare. Other offerings in the auction is a multicolor jewellery suite of 59 small and intricately hand-carved flowers from German lapidary expert Manfred Wild. This has a presale estimate of $28,000- and $35,000. The jewellery includes a necklace and pair of earrings, made of tourmalines sourced from across the globe. Wild is also placing hand-carved tourmaline jewellery comprising of a transparent green Brazilian box with a lining of 18-karat gold, and carrying a presale estimate of $15,000 -$18,000. Another is a multicolor and sterling silver presentation box with a Liddicoatite slice from Madagascar. Its presale estimate is between $12,000 to $15,000. A mouse shaped intense pink Madagascar tourmaline having an estimate of $4,500 to $5,500, a unique bicolor pink and green tourmaline and a grasshopper sculpted in 18-karat gold with a presale estimate of $3,500 and $4,500 are some more of the lots being offered.

Other pieces include some carvings by Gerd Dreher, Sylvia and Luis Quispe. Of the jewellery, is a 99 carat carved black opal and diamond pendant by Lightning Ridge, precious creations by Robert Wander.

-with thanks from diamondworld

After completion of the course of jewellery designing in any institute, evaluation of his/her skills & creativity been done by exam. But, in reality what he/her achieves at national or international levels he can only evaluate their knowledge by participate in any jewellery design competition.

Goyam Institute for Diamonds & Jewellery presents the Grand Competition of Jewellery Design. Any one who wants to sharpen their talent can take part in this competition. In this design competition no theme limitation will given for participants. All can use their own creation to create best by using gemstones, glass, wood, ivory, leather, silk, beads or any material. Designs should be practical, makable, wearable & exclusive.

For winner, Goyam announced Diamond Pendant worth Rs. 10000/- for 1^st winner, Diamond Ring worth Rs. 5000/- for 2^nd winner, Diamond Pendant worth Rs. 3000/- for 3^rd winner, also consolation prizes for 7 participants; certificate of participation for all contestants. Last Date for submission of designs is 30^th June-2009.

A goldsmith by training, Carbone ran his own workshop-boutique in Florence, Italy till 1985 when he found that the number of people, eager to acquire his skills was increasing. This is how Carbone, with four young Italian students set up Le Arti Orafe, a private school of goldsmithery and jewellery design in Lucca in Italy. Today, nearly a quarter of a century later, he boasts 75 students and coincidentally this year he has enrolled three eager Indian students among the 75.

Carbone’s vision is artistic research which he says forms the basis of inspiration for big companies. This passion is what led him to set up Lucca Preziosa, a design festival four years ago, as a platform for the latest, most unique concepts in contemporary research jewellery. And it is the fourth edition of the same ‘The Cutting Mirror,’ which Carbone has brought to Delhi’s Italian Embassy for two weeks with the work of 12 artists.

The man who has the last word is one of the culture sponsors, Director Ganjam, Umesh Ganjam, who heads the over century old Indian luxury jewellery house, who has brought Carbone to India for the two week exhibition. 

Rapaport In keeping with auction tradition, fine signed and decorative jewelry sold well at Sotheby’s New York sale as no matter what happens in the economy strong prices are always realized for these items. The sale tallied up $11,098,638 and was sold 68 percent by lot and 55 percent by value.

The top lot of the sale was a diamond necklace, which sold to a European private collector for $698,500. An Asian private collector nabbed the second top lot of the sale — a 13.98-carat GVS2 diamond ring for $482,500, or $34,514 per carat. Although the sale lacked the very special large DIF stones that generally sell at auction there was still movement in diamonds, but mostly in the under 10-carat range.

Bidding was primarily from the private sector with some in the trade holding back on buying diamonds because they felt that prices were a bit steep, or they weren’t the stones the dealers could flip quickly. On the up side it provided consumers with an opportunity to buy diamonds more easily than in the past couple of years when prices were soaring over the estimates. Privates took advantage of the new more realistic diamond prices and bought stones that are easily wearable for everyday.

Notably, sapphires, emeralds and natural pearls did well at this sale. Natural pearls are becoming a hot item at auction as buyers from the Gulf region scoop up these wonders of the sea prized for their rarity.