Antwerp & Diamonds - Diamond Facts & Trivia @ DiamondSource.in

Antwerp polishes diamonds since 6 centuries. The city houses hundreds of small polishing and diamond cutting ateliers. There are four diamond exchanges to survey the quality of the finished product and the regularity of the commerce. Antwerp is frequented by diamond dealers, buyers from all over the world. Today, over half of the world polished production transits over Antwerp! All the famous and greatest diamond producers that this world has today have offices in this city.

The “Hoge Raad van Diamant” (High Council of Diamonds) is a group created to defend the interest of the diamond sector of Antwerp sector. It has its headquarters in the Hovenierstraat, just like the diamond exchanges Diamantkring, Diamantclub and Diamantbeurs.

Antwerp is truly international, and the diamond industry professionals belong to many countries and cultures, prominent amongst the being the Jews and the Indians.

The merchants in the diamond sector of the city call each other by their first name, discuss the price or the valour of a stone to be sold to London, Amsterdam, New York or New Delhi. A lot of Antwerp Jews work in this industry and the revival of the commerce after WW II was greatly due to the Jewish community and the radiating of the manufacturing into the countryside, called “Kempen “ around Antwerp.

It was in the 16th century that Antwerp received several Jewish families, most of whom were driven out of other parts of Europe. Antwerp today has a significant orthodox Jewish population.

All in all, Antwerp can lay claim to be the diamond city of the world, though there are other hubs emerging, such as Mumbai (Bombay) in India.

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Fun! Did you know that some of the frequent typos for the term diamond are: diamonf, diamonfs, diamons, diamong, diamongs, siamonds, fiamonds, xiamonds

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