Diamond Recovery
Recover the diamonds from your old gold, platinum and palladium jewellery before the metal is refined.
Diamond Recovery
Old and unwanted diamond-set jewellery holds two kinds of value: the precious metal and the stones. Our diamond recovery service separates the two, so your diamonds come back to you and the metal is paid for at the daily fix.
Your items are processed under careful supervision from start to finish. Once the diamonds have been recovered they are returned to you, and the remaining metal is melted, assayed and settled in the usual way, turning outdated stock back into working capital for your business.
Before you send: please keep gold, platinum and palladium items in separate parcels, and remove any pearls, opals or other soft or treated stones you want to keep. Silver jewellery cannot be processed this way. We will ask you to sign a diamond recovery agreement before any work begins.
- For diamonds set in gold, platinum or palladium jewellery
- Diamonds returned to you after recovery
- Metal melted, assayed and paid at the daily fix
- Payment by bank transfer, cash or cheque
- Bring items to our Prestwich trade counter or use a free insured Freepost envelope
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Diamonds are the hardest gemstone and normally come through the process unharmed. Treated, fracture-filled or heavily included stones can be affected, so please let us know about these in advance.
Hard stones such as sapphires and rubies are usually unaffected, but softer or treated gems can discolour or be damaged. Pearls and opals will not survive the process, so please have them removed first if you want to keep them.
Yes. Platinum is a very hard metal, so recovery from platinum settings takes longer than from gold.
No. Silver cannot be processed using this method.
Your diamonds are returned to you. The metal is melted, assayed and paid for at the daily fix by bank transfer, cash or cheque, and we email you a PDF invoice.
Bring it to our trade counter at 2a Mather Avenue, Prestwich, or request a free, fully insured Freepost envelope.