Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fabulous songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, 18-year-old Darby Walker — a self-styled hippy songstress — delivers an emotional, throwback interpretation of The Rolling Stones’ classic hit, “Ruby Tuesday.” The song is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Walker, who is a Season 11 contestant on The …

“The Sky Blue Diamond” — the highly touted headliner of Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale — fetched $17.1 million in Geneva yesterday. The hammer price was in the lower range of the pre-sale estimate of $15 million to $25 million. At $2.13 million per carat, the performance of the square-cut, 8.01-carat Sky Blue Diamond was lukewarm compared to …

North America’s largest known uncut, gem-quality diamond — The Foxfire — begins a three-month engagement this Thursday at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The diamond weighs more than 187 carats and will be presented alongside the renowned Hope Diamond in the Harry Winston Gallery. The Foxfire was unearthed in August 2015 at Rio Tinto’s Diavik …

Only one week removed from his startling Election Day triumph, President-elect Donald J. Trump already has been immortalized in sapphire. London-based Vip Art Ltd., which is known for its extraordinary dimensional gemstone portraits, just released a likeness of Trump carved into a dark blue sapphire weighing 698 grams, or 3,490 carats. Despite the singular dark blue hue of the sapphire, the carving …

Israeli high-tech company Sarine Technologies unveiled a revolutionary device that automatically grades the color and clarity of polished diamonds. The Ramat Gan-based company believes the new system will fundamentally change the grading and sorting process, bringing objective, measurable standards to a process that has been susceptible to human error and the subjectivity of appraisers. “Once again, Sarine introduces groundbreaking technological …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, New York City dance-pop band Cobra Starship gives a nod to the Beatles in its 2009 release, “Living in the Sky With Diamonds.” In this disco-influenced song about a high-living lady obsessed with the club scene, Cobra Starship’s lead …

Described as “impossibly rare” and “a complete fluke of nature,” the 2.83-carat “Argyle Violet” diamond will go on public display next month as part of the “Diamonds: Rare Brilliance” exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. New York-based L.J. West Diamonds placed the winning bid for the headliner of Rio Tinto’s “Chroma Collection,” a select grouping of …

Richard Wise’s Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Precious Gemstones became a bestseller when it was first published in 2003. Over the past 13 years, the author has seen so many new twists and turns in the marketplace that he was inspired to make his authoritative book even better. The newly released second edition includes 11 new …

Nick Cannon, the host of America’s Got Talent and Wild ‘N Out, explores modern love — and diamonds — in the newly released “docu-short” titled Why Real Is Rare. Tapped by the Diamond Producers Association (DPA) to study relationships and help unlock the magic and mystery behind finding “the real thing,” Cannon looks into the lives of six couples to reveal new truths …

With the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series for the first time in 108 years, die-hard fans Christopher Lenard and girlfriend Lindsay Fuhs did something that no other couple has ever done before — get engaged in front of the iconic ivy-covered wall at Wrigley Field while holding the World Series trophy. It happened on Friday as five million elated …