The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) has announced an innovative diamond jewelry design created specifically for women in the Middle East. This new concept, called Rayana, is based on extensive research focusing on consumer and design trends and concludes that Arab women want to emphasize the abundance of diamonds in their jewelry pieces. As such, Rayana sets contain more diamonds and less gold.

Jewelry.com will launch a two-diamond line of jewelry called Duo. The company said it has already been picked up by some major retailers.

As a former jewellery-store manager, Dale Mooney knows the scenario well. Starry-eyed couples arrive with their ideal engagement ring glistening in their minds, but with little idea of how their hand-drawn creations will look on the finger.

Whiteflash.com custom designed one-of-a-kind wedding bands for the upcoming nuptials of Adrianne Curry, winner of America's Next Top Model, and Christopher Knight, of Brady Bunch fame. The two met on the set of VH1's Surreal Life last year and have been heading toward wedded bliss ever since. Whiteflash.com, a diamond and jewelry e-boutique, was heralded by Kiplinger's Magazine as "Lord of the Online Rings." The company's world-renowned jewelry artisans handcrafted the famous couple's wedding bands.

What did a broken marriage proposal do for author Tom Zoellner? He wrote a book about the diamond pipeline titled: The Heartless Stone. The book is scheduled for release on May 30, 2006.