![]() In Botswana, of course, diamonds are a significant part of the gross national product, but there are smaller places that benefit from diamonds as well. When you talk about the social impact of the environment, I still believe that Africa needs the raw commodity. My take on it is I don’t believe in the lab grown. Could you share your thoughts on the subject? You are such a diamond expert and still work in the field consulting big brands on buying, I would love to ask you about lab grown diamonds. Zen in Rubellite Earrings by Satta Matturi. I reached the designer over the phone in Botswana where she lives with her family part time. Read on to find out more about Satta Maturi in the interview below. “Plus, there is a gap for people of color in the fine jewelry space and I wanted to help change that.” “I thought I have a passion for this and I am creative in what I produce,” Satta explained. She also wanted to expand representation on the design side of the business. Satta decided to add to her experience and launch her own collection of jewelry after making pieces for friends and family. “I can usually tell where a tender comes from-the DRC, Russia, Namibia or West African alluvial diamonds-just by looking it.” ![]() “I have to make a decision on what a rough diamond’s polished outcome is going to be,” she explains. Photo courtesyīeing a rough diamond expert means Satta’s knowledge goes way above and beyond knowing the 4Cs of grading a stone. It was fascinating.”ĭesigner Satta Matturi wearing her Bird of Paradise earrings. “I’d come home to buyers, sorters and valuers all working under the sorting lamps. “We used to have a sorting office in our house,” remembers Satta. He was the Director of the DeBeers operation in Sierra Leone during the 1970s and 80s long before the country broke out in civil war in the nineties. ![]() Then she went out in the field around the world for her diamond sightholder clients to bid on tenders.Īs a rough diamond expert, Satta was following in her father’s footsteps. She started off grading the smallest rough gems, known as melee that weigh around 1/5 of a carat, and worked her way up to reviewing large gems over 10-carats, known at DeBeers as Exceptionals. ![]() The British-West African talent who launched her collection in 2015, began working for DeBeers in London right after she graduated from college and stayed there for 17-years. But I have never met a designer with quite the same deep understanding of stones as Satta Matturi. Lots of designers are passionate and knowledgeable about gems. Satta Matturi’s Jewels Are Inspired By Africa Find out about the designer and her collection that is beloved by Rihanna ![]()
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