Diamond industry pioneer passes away

by eyetee | May 5, 2014 8:13 pm

[1]Dennis Edminson, owner and partner in J. Nunes Diamonds and later JND & Associates, has died at the age of 88.

An industry pioneer, he was one of the first diamond cutters to set up a diamond polishing and cutting business in Toronto after the Second World War.

He is remembered as being key in connecting the Russian diamond industry with Henry Birks & Sons during the Soviet era.

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