{"id":761,"date":"2023-01-04T15:34:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/?p=761"},"modified":"2024-01-04T17:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T17:18:46","slug":"the-war-in-ukraine-and-how-it-impacts-your-jewellery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/the-war-in-ukraine-and-how-it-impacts-your-jewellery\/","title":{"rendered":"The war in Ukraine and how it impacts your jewellery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&nbsp;wanted to talk about something that affects all of us, as lovers of jewellery.&nbsp;It&#8217;s a bit more serious than my usual posts but I think it&#8217;s important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you&nbsp;already know, The Ukraine was invaded by Russia almost&nbsp;2 years ago, resulting in terrible and needless loss of life on both sides.&nbsp;And sadly, there is currently no end in site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/df2sm3urulav.cloudfront.net\/tenants\/gr\/uploads\/content\/592e5a4bb4c47.jpg\" alt=\"List Of Gemstones Found In Russia - diamond, charoite, sphene, serphinite, astrophylite,  edialitye, amethyst, charoite, emerald, siberian jade, chrome diopside \" width=\"334\" height=\"234\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What&nbsp;you may not know is&nbsp;how interwoven and interconnected the supply chain in the jewellery industry is. Why this matters is that&nbsp;Russia is an incredibly mineral rich country. It is&nbsp;the world&#8217;s <strong>largest supplier&nbsp;of diamonds<\/strong>&nbsp;by carat weight and the <strong>third largest supplier of mined gold<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;More importantly, the Russian government owns 33% of the Russian mining comapny , Alrosa. Thus <strong>diamonds from Russia are directly supporting the war<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have spent the last year talking with my suppliers to make sure we are all on the same page and that my materials are not coming from Russia.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have also signed onto the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalgoldtransparency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Gold Transparency Initiative&#8217;s Open Letter to the Jewellery Industry<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this mean for the consumer, you? It s complicated but there are a few things that  you can do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The most important is to ask questions. Many jewellers today will try to source responsibly, and will be able to answer your questions. <\/li><li>Buy jewellery made from recycled metals, especially gold<\/li><li>If you want diamonds, focus on buying them from fully traceable sources. <ul><li>Canada Mark diamonds are guaranteed from mine to customer. <\/li><li>Reclaimed diamonds are an option, they may have originally been sourced from Russia, but were in the supply chain before the war. <\/li><li>Opt for lab-created diamonds or diamond aternatives such as Moissanite <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Avoid buying gemstones such as chrome diopside which is almost exclusively mined in Siberia. And charoite which is mined exclusively in the <strong>Sakha Republic<\/strong>, Russia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, in all of my designs, I only use recycled silver and gold, or ethically sourced gold (traceable). I&#8217;ve stopped buying diamonds as I haven&#8217;t been able to verify origins for all of them. Though I do have a small collection of melee (diamonds under .3 carat) and a handful of Salt and Pepper diamonds from South Africa in old stock. I only use gemstones from verifiable sources and countries that are not engaged in conflict.  And I always ask questions. It really is our best tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions for me, please get in touch! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading, have a great month! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&nbsp;wanted to talk about something that affects all of us, as lovers of jewellery.&nbsp;It&#8217;s a bit more serious than my usual posts but I think it&#8217;s important. As you&nbsp;already know, The Ukraine was invaded by Russia almost&nbsp;2 years ago, resulting in terrible and needless loss of life on both sides.&nbsp;And sadly, there is currently no&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/the-war-in-ukraine-and-how-it-impacts-your-jewellery\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94,81,62],"tags":[95,96,100,98,99,97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaridesigns.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}