The Ethiopian highlands are often called “the roof of Africa”. It’s a rugged, breathtakingly beautiful landscape and a discovery in recent years has got precious gem experts around the world excited: ...

Opal is a spectacular stone with unique, and beautiful reflections. In Ethiopia, deposits were discovered in 2008 in the north of the country, and it quickly the world's second-largest exporter. In ...

Victoire de Castellane, the Paris-based creative director for Dior fine jewelry, remembers the moment that opals, which are formed from silica in fissures of rocks, first captivated her. At age 6, she ...