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What are the Antwerp Diamond Experiences?

For more than five centuries, Antwerp has been the place where the world’s diamonds are traded, cut, and valued. The Antwerp Diamond Experience gives international buying groups direct access to that world. The program is organized by Antwerp World Diamond Centre and built entirely around your group.

Your members go behind the closed doors of the diamond district. They meet the traders, manufacturers, and experts who shape the market, see how a rough stone becomes a polished diamond, and discover how a port city became the global center of the natural diamond trade. Every program follows your group’s sourcing priorities, so the time in Antwerp goes to the suppliers and categories that matter to your business.

You come to source. You leave with lasting connections, and with a story to share with your customers about where their diamonds come from.

Who it’s for
The Antwerp Diamond Experience is reserved for buying groups of jewelers who work with natural diamonds.

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Tailor your experience

Build a program around your group’s interests. Choose any combination of the options below. Availability depends on group size, and we’ll confirm what’s possible when we plan your visit together.

  • Diamond polishing demonstration. Watch a master polisher bring out the brilliance of a natural diamond, and learn what separates an exceptional cut from an average one.
  • Visit to an Antwerp diamond bourse. Step inside one of the trading floors where the world’s diamonds change hands. The visit includes a presentation on Antwerp’s diamond history and market. We can adapt the focus to your group’s interests.
  • Visit to HRD Antwerp. Go behind the scenes at one of the world’s leading diamond grading laboratories and see how a diamond is examined, graded, and certified.
  • One-on-one meetings with Antwerp diamantaires. Meet individually with established Antwerp diamond traders and manufacturers, matched to your members’ sourcing needs.

Optional extras (available at an additional cost)

  • Event photographer. A professional photographer accompanies your group and captures the visit, ready to use in your marketing and social media.
  • Lunch and refreshments. Catered lunch, snacks, or both, arranged around your program.
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Antwerp: the place to be to buy your diamonds

Antwerp is a unique diamond hub where nearly every step of the diamond supply chain takes place, with the exception of mining. From the moment rough diamonds leave the mines, Antwerp plays a pivotal role in their journey to becoming exquisite gemstones.

  • Trading of Rough Diamonds

Antwerp is a global center for the trade of rough diamonds: a vibrant ecosystem of 1,300 diamond companies are forming all together a critical mass of buyers and sellers. Here, diamonds are bought and sold by some of the most prominent companies in the industry.

  • Sorting and Valuating

Antwerp is renowned for its unmatched expertise in sorting and valuating diamonds, especially those that arrive straight from the mines as "Run of Mine." These diamonds are carefully analyzed, sorted, and prepared for the market—a specialized skill in which Antwerp excels.

  • Polishing

While the majority of diamonds are polished in India, Antwerp is the go-to destination for polishing high-value rough diamonds. The city's artisans are known for their precision and craftsmanship, producing exceptional stones destined for high-end jewelry.

  • Certification

Antwerp is also a key player in certifying polished diamonds, ensuring their quality and authenticity before they are traded or sold.

  • Trading of Polished Diamonds

The journey of diamonds often comes full circle in Antwerp, where polished stones are traded among the critical mass of buyers and sellers present in the city and many jewellers near by.

 

One thing is clear: when it comes to diamonds, Antwerp is not just a stop on the supply chain - it’s the beating heart of the industry, where expertise, tradition, and innovation come together.

More information? Contact us.

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