International Diamond Laboratories (IDL) will showcase the Rainbow Collection at the Dubai International Jewellery Week, held at the Dubai World Trade Center from 11 to 15 December. This unique collection of 300 fancy colored diamonds is showcased for the first time in Dubai. Eddy Elzas, the man behind the Rainbow Collection, will comment on the world's most rare diamonds during a seminar on 12 December, in partnership with IDL.
‘Fancy colored diamonds are very popular in the Gulf region. We are happy to link the world's rarest diamond collection to the leading diamond laboratory of the region. Accurate quality grading is even more important for exclusive diamonds.' said Peter Meeus, CEO of IDL.
The man behind the Rainbow Collection is Eddy Elzas, known as the King of Colored Diamonds. He has single handedly initiated the revival of natural fancy colored diamonds in the 20th century. Elzas is one of the best known and most knowledgeable people in the diamond world. He started his career in diamonds as a diamond cleaver, and gradually became involved in the diamond business as a broker, dealer, an adviser and expert, a professor and, the authority for natural fancy colored diamonds.
The Rainbow Collection is reputed as the largest and finest collection of colored diamonds in the world. It is valued at over 100 million USD.
Fancy colored diamonds is the central theme of IDL's campaign during the Dubai International Diamond Week. The Rainbow Collection will be showcased at the IDL booth. IDL will also host a seminar during which Eddy Elzas will comment on the world's most rare diamonds.
To celebrate this unique event, IDL offers a fancy colored diamond for raffle every day. All visitors to the Dubai International Jewellery Week are welcome to participate and have a chance to become the owner of an exclusive blue, cognac, orange, purple or yellow diamond, certified by IDL.
International Diamond Laboratories® (IDL) provides the diamond trade and jewelry retailers with quality reports of polished diamonds. A Dubai Government initiative and headquartered in Dubai, IDL operates also offices in the heart of the diamond centers of Antwerp and Mumbai. Find more about IDL on www.diamondlab.org
For further information please contact:
Peter Meeus at T +971 4 368 86 74 or info@diamondlab.org