Decked out in their “Star 98 Diamond Dive” T-shirts, 40 wildly enthusiastic contestants pounced on a 6-foot-tall, 800-pound wedding cake to try to find a $2,000 diamond engagement ring that was baked inside. They destroyed the cake in a matter of seconds as onlookers at the Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls, Idaho, this past Saturday watched in amazement. A …

It’s a little known fact that country music singer Lynn Anderson was nearly dissuaded from recording her signature song, “Rose Garden,” in 1970 because of the diamond ring reference in the lyrics. Although Anderson really liked the tune penned by Joe South, her producer (and husband) Glenn Sutton felt it was a “man’s song” because of the following line: “I …

A New Englander’s Hawaiian vacation went from glorious to disastrous — and then back to glorious — when a diamond engagement ring lost in the surf and presumed gone forever was miraculously spotted by another snorkeler only two days later. The hero of our story, Mike “Shay” Smith, said the brilliance of the gemstone made all the difference. While searching underwater …

A Massachusetts woman, who accidentally threw away three valuable diamond keepsakes, is breathing a giant sigh of relief after donning protective gear and rooting out her family heirlooms at the bottom of a 5-ton mound of smelly trash. How the jewelry ended up in the trash is an all-too-familiar scenario. Cecilia Callahan of Norwell, Mass., had been cleaning her best jewelry in preparation for a …

The 15.99-carat “Jubilee Ruby” lived up to its pre-sale hype last Wednesday when it smashed a record for the most expensive colored gemstone ever sold at a U.S. auction. The fiery top lot of Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York fetched an impressive $14.16 million. Billed as the most important ruby to appear at a U.S. auction in 25 years, …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fun songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Twenty One Pilots’ frontman Tyler Joseph delivers an uplifting tribute to his mom in the 2013 release, “House of Gold.” In this song about the fear of aging, Joseph’s mom asks her singer/songwriter son if he’ll take care …

Shirley Temple’s 9.54-carat blue diamond ring was billed as the star of Sotheby’s New York auction on Tuesday, but went unsold when the bidding stalled at $22 million, short of the reserve price and well below the high estimate of $35 million. “The Shirley Temple Blue Diamond is an exceptional stone in quality, rarity and provenance. It has been an …

Kobe Bryant added another diamond ring to his collection of Lakers bling. Before his final game as an NBA player, Lakers owner and president Jeanie Buss presented the 20-year superstar with a dazzling diamond retirement ring in a private ceremony with his wife, Vanessa — who received a matching ring — and their daughters, Gianna and Natalia. Bryant, in true Hollywood …