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Unlike other retailers who stop at conflict-free, Whiteflash seeks to address the real problem, the people suffering in Africa. “These people are among the world’s poorest. Diamonds are vital to their economic stability. We must stop the exploitation by those in charge, not boycott innocent people into further poverty.”
Though dramatically reduced in recent years, hot spots of conflict and suffering remain in Africa. Whiteflash initiated the Dreams of Africa program as a way for shoppers to be proactive. You can visit the website at www.dreamsofafrica.org.
Whiteflash and Dreams of Africa have dedicated to publish the most recent news on Conflict Diamonds for the public. Here are DreamsofAfrica.org’s top stories:
Firm to Mine Marange, Zim Agrees to Monitoring Scheme
Diamonds From Cote d’Ivoire Fund Hezbollah
TRADE ALERT: Rapaport Bans Zimbabwe Diamonds
UN Distributes Voter Lists in Cote d’Ivoire for Upcoming Election
U.S. Dpt. of State Issues Statement on Zimbabwe
Kimberly Process Chair Defends Recent Decision Not to Suspend Zimbabwe
Conflict Diamonds’ Deadly Toll
Prosecutors Look Forward to Questioning Taylor
Human Rights Groups Blast KP for Failure to Suspend Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Spared by KP
Investigative TV Program Documents Zimbabwe Smuggling Operations
Israel: We Do Not Trade Rough with Non-KP Members
WDC President: KP Needs to End Sterile Debate, Tackle Humanitarian Issue
Final KP Review Mission Report Calls Zimbabwe to Suspend Self from KP
Africa’s Diamond Trade Under Scrutiny
Minister says Zimbabwe has Complied with Kimberley Process
Custom Princess Cut Diamond Engagement Ring
Dear Whiteflash Sales Team,
I highly recommend Whiteflash to my friends and colleagues. The process was smooth, Whiteflash’s staff was great at attending to all the details.
Thank you once again for making this moment for us. We are definitely contacting you here in the near future for a few other items!
The diamond engagement ring is simply perfect! We could not have asked for more. The attention to detail was fabulous and the craftsmanship was incredible. She is stopped throughout the day by others just commenting on the ring and how brilliant the diamonds are.
Best Wishes,
Peter
We were speaking with our friends at the TheManRegistry.com and they had a great question! Many people want unique engagement rings but what questions do you need to ask? The Whiteflash team came together with these answers for your most common questions!
If you are dreaming of purchasing a diamond engagement ring for your would-be-bride, then you may have to fork out a huge amount of money from your savings and monthly salary to realize the dream. Most of the prospective grooms do not have the right financial capability. But if they follow some tips, such costly ring jewelry is still within their buying reach.
Whiteflash Custom Designed Engagement Ring
The first tip that you must follow is to ensure that you have a proper budgeting. This is to make sure that you do not buy a very expensive ring in enthusiasm. Budgeting will keep you focused on a certain price range and even makes the purchasing more easily as the jeweler will be showing you the jewelry that falls within your budget.
Make also sure that you have done lots of comparing of the diamond engagement ring prices on the internet. The internet is the easy and convenient source of buying any product. It allows you to compare as many price tags as you possibly can. A great online diamond vendor is Whiteflash.com, they have impeccable customer service and amazing product.
The online retail jewelers vie each other for a share of online business and they, thus, are compelled to cut down the prices. Hence, your chances of finding an affordable ring are more with the online sellers than the physical jewelry stores.
Prices of diamond engagement rings will fall even more if you first purchase a loose diamond at competitive prices. Many smaller certified loose diamonds are surely affordable as compared to a greater carat size of a single diamond. So, a pave or channel set engagement ring may be within your reach than a solitaire diamond ring.
Diamonds are the most expensive items on any ring. So, if you have somehow reduced their cost, you have successfully bought a ring of your dream at your prices. About diamonds, know that even with minor quality reductions, their brilliance and glitter is almost the same but the prices will come down substantially. So, you can safely purchase the precious stone that is a little yellowish in color, has some invisible flaws inside of it and is cut in rectangular or square shapes and not in expensive heart and pear shapes.
Custom 3 Stone Halo Engagement Ring
Prices of the ring metal should also be given a thought. Platinum is a costly metal although due to the recent economy it can almost be purchased for the same price as gold. Choose white gold for cheaper prices if yellow gold is not your choice of the ring metal for diamond engagement rings.
While purchasing the ring jewelry, especially from the online retailers, make sure that the jeweler has a return policy. You can, then, return defective piece in time to purchase the right one. Keep these tips in mind for a greater value of the diamond ring.
Custom Halo Diamond Engagement Ring
Audrey Hepburn's Clothing Up For Auction
The world remains inspired by eternal fashion icon Audrey Hepburn. Buyers can sample her legendary style at an upcoming sale that includes 36 items of clothing on offer dating from 1953 to the late 60s as well as hats, belts and a few diamond accessories. Kerry Taylor Auctions will be holding the sale on December 8 in London.
In 1951, Audrey left Europe for the USA to star in the Broadway production of ‘Gigi’. She sorted through her unwanted clothes and passed on the things she no longer needed to her close friend Tanja Star-Busmann. Over time this became a tradition for the stylish star who always travelled with many suitcases full of fabulous fashions. The auction also includes a group of letters in which she describes an early film break, her proposed wedding to James Hanson and the time she spent filming “Roman Holiday”.
Items up for bid include a Givenchy-designed black cloqué silk gown for Audrey to wear for the film ‘Paris When it Sizzles’ in 1962 (£10-15,000) and a Chantilly lace cocktail gown which she wore in the ‘How to Steal a Million’ in 1966 (£15-20,000). Also up for sale is the ivory satin bridal gown designed for Audrey Hepburn by the Fontana Sisters for her planned marriage to James (later Lord) Hanson. In 1952, while filming `Roman Holiday’ with Gregory Peck in Rome, Hepburn approached the Fontana sisters to ask them to make her bridal gown. Weeks later when Audrey called off the wedding she requested that the dress and her diamond engagement ring be given away to “perhaps someone who couldn’t ever afford a dress like mine, the most beautiful, poor Italian girl you can find.” The dress was given to a young Italian girl named Amabile Altobella. The dress will be sold with a photograph of Audrey wearing the original Fontana gown and a letter from the vendor confirming the provenance. It is estimated to fetch £8000-12000.
50 percent of the sale proceeds of lots will be donated go to The Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund. Highlights from the sale will be show at Sotheby’s New York, November 21-22 and at Sotheby’s Paris, December 1-2.
Champagne engagement ring by Whiteflash.com
Uncork the bubbly and toast the festive mood in style with Whiteflash.com’s famous ‘Champagne’ pave engagement ring, that’s available in time for the holiday season. The custom designed Celebration Set features a delicious U-prong domed engagement ring consists of Whiteflash ACA diamond melee (approx. 0.40ctw; Color: F/G, Clarity: VS). Ring will accommodate round, princess, radiant, and oval center stones.. The designer gift set was created with our matching ‘Champagne’ wedding bands (525 or 526). Width: 3.8mm at the top tapering to 2.5mm at the bottom. Make sure your holiday season is shiny and stunning like this diamond wedding ring set!
Whiteflash Creates "Halo Love" for Estatic Customer
Recently we were contacted by a customer who was doing preliminary research for an engagement ring and looking for a cushion cut diamond.
Whiteflash had just received the newest shipment of stunning Cushion Cuts and introduced the idea to our customer. We e-mailed him diamond pictures, ASET and Idealscope images and a Sarin Report, plus Whiteflash had several lengthy discussions with our customer over the phone discussing diamond education as well as what type of custom setting he was looking for.
"Halo Love" CAD Rendering
He decided to move forward with the purchase of one of the new cushion cut diamonds and we set it in a Diamond Halo Setting which we called the “Halo Love”.
Whiteflash Creates "Halo Love" for Estatic Customer
Here are a few more shots of the Stunning Cushion Cut Diamond used in this Custom Designed Engagement Ring!
Cushion Cut Diamond
Cushion Cut Diamond
De Beers, the world’s biggest undersea diamond miner, said its geologists in Namibia found the wreckage of an ancient sailing ship still laden with treasure, including six bronze cannons, thousands of Spanish and Portuguese gold coins and more than 50 elephant tusks.
The wreckage was discovered in the area behind a sea wall used to push back the Atlantic Ocean in order to search for diamonds in Namibia’s Sperrgebiet or “Forbidden Zone.”
“If the experts’ assessments are correct, the shipwreck could date back to the late 1400s or early 1500s, making it a discovery of global significance,” Namdeb Diamond Corp., a joint venture between De Beers and the Namibian government, said in an e-mailed statement from the capital, Windhoek, today.
The site yielded a wealth of objects, including several tons of copper, more than 50 elephant tusks, pewter tableware, navigational instruments, weapons and the gold coins, which were minted in the late 1400s and early 1500s, according to the statement.
The Namibian government will claim ownership of the treasure found, Halifa Mbako, group corporate affairs manager at Namdeb, said in a telephone interview from Windhoek today.
Namibian Law
“By Namibian law, discoveries of this nature belong to the state,” he said. “The discovery was found in our mining area, but the treasure belongs to the state.” The Namibian government is in consultations with the governments of Spain and Portugal to try and identify the ship, which was most likely a trading vessel, given the goods on board, said.
On April 1, Bob Burrell, the head of Namdeb’s Mineral Resource Department, found some rounded copper ingots and the remains of three bronze cannons in the sand.
“All mining operations were halted, the site secured and Dr. Dieter Noli, an archaeologist and expert in the Sperrgebiet, was brought into the project and identified the cannons as Spanish breach-loaders of a type popular in the early 1500s,” Namdeb said.
The find may be the oldest sub-Saharan shipwreck ever discovered, Namdeb said.
“If this proves to be a contemporary of the ships sailed by the likes of Diaz, Da Gama and Columbus, it would be of immense national and international interest and Namibia’s most important archaeological find of the century,” according to the statement.
Diamonds have been mined along the south-western coast of Namibia and in its coastal waters for the last 100 years. De Beers, the world’s largest diamond company, is 45 percent owned by Anglo American Plc, 40 percent held by the Oppenheimer family and 15 percent owned by the government of Botswana.
Taylor Swift
Blondes like the stunning Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift had blinged out performances at the CMT Awards last night, but rapper T Pain took the award for biggest bling in the biz.
Taylor Swift and T-Pain
Mr. Pain arrived on the red carpet in a huge diamond necklace that weighed an astonishing 7.5 pounds! The rapper bought the 197-carat diamond dazzler for a mere $410,000 and is defiantly has the biggest bling in the game.
“I just figured I had to shut down something, some part of the game,” Pain said. “I thought I did it with Auto-Tune, and so I guess I gotta do it with jewelry … just show ‘em where the money’s comin’ from. You know what I’m sayin’?”
The plain truth is that the money is most definitely coming from you.
While the pricey diamonds almost eclipsed the night’s biggest star, Taylor Swift, the country music artists certainly had one memorable awards show.
Wearing stunning diamond earrings, Swift dazzled the crowd with several showstopping numbers and took home a few awards including the award for Best Video of the Year and Best Female Video.
And the ladies continued to rule the red carpet with diamond dangle earrings and a stunning diamond cuffs.
Century Grace Diamond & Sapphire Watch
Just when you thought there weren’t any new designs for diamond watch, Century has gone and found something unique. The company known for unique uses of synthetic sapphire crystals has done it again. It combines 341 diamonds with 9 large clear sapphire crystals, and places them together in 18k carat white gold settings. A perfect gifts for that special someone in your life who transcends concepts like value and money.
Even the dial of the watch is mostly a sapphire crystal. Cut and polished by hand complimented by 164 baguette cut diamonds (4.98 carats) on the case. The dial itself is mirrored with dauphine watch hands. Inside the watch is a quartz movement (of course). Again it is in 18k white gold, with the other eight sapphire crystals surrounded by 177 more baguette cut diamonds (approx 8.70 carats).
A Cut Above Hearts and Arrows Diamonds: See the Difference!
We have just received a large shipment of A Cut Above Hearts and Arrows (H & A) diamonds back from the American Gem Society (AGS) lab. Whiteflash was at the factory in Antwerp recently and sorted through thousands of diamonds, hand selecting the finest of the collection to produce our Whiteflash A Cut Above ® Hearts & Arrows loose diamonds.
All Whiteflash ACA Diamonds come with their certificates and have earned the coveted AGSO grade for light performance. Every diamond is laser inscribed on the girdle with the AGS Document number and the A Cut Above logo. All A Cut Above Diamonds are viewable on the Whiteflash site with the following images:
- Copy of the AGS Platinum DQD
- Sarin Report
- Asset Image
- Idealscope Image
- Hearts Image
- Actual Diamond Image
Happy Hunting!
Whiteflash ACA Ideal Scope Image
Whiteflash ACA Hearts Images
Whiteflash ACA Aset Image
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