The Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair began its diamond trade show in a “lively fashion,” Sunday morning, according to a release by the Antwerp Diamond Bourse. Dozens of European jewelry and diamond buyers “thronged” the more than 40 stands set up in the bourse’s historical trading hall.
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