ABOUT ADEX

ADEX is an international diamond and gemstone consortium founded by business and diamond industry experts who are committed to create a social responsible, transparent and fair long-term change of the diamond and gemstone industry.


The Story of ADEX

ADEX believes that due to the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the diamond and gemstone market is receptive to new initiatives, presenting ADEX and the partnering African countries with a unique opportunity to make a positive disruption in the diamond and gemstone industry.

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What We Do

ADEX has created an open and transparent sales system for diamonds and other gemstones, in equal partnership with the producing countries in Africa, that provides fair returns and best pricing for all participants in the sales chain/diamond and gemstone pipeline. All diamonds and other types of gemstones are sold through the same online trading platform but will not be mixed across origin.

For the first time ever, buyers have the option to have their rough diamonds and other gemstones cut and polished in the highest Swiss quality directly from the producing countries in Africa with the necessary certification. Customers can feel assured that the risk of buying the diamonds or other gemstones cut and polished directly from their origin on the ADEX Platform is practically non existing due to the use of laser technology that uses water to cool the surface while cutting, thereby significantly reducing the risk of the stone cracking.

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ADEX's Mission and Vision

ADEX seeks to make buying rough as well as cut and polished diamonds and other types of gemstones from Africa more accessible to a wider range of customers. ADEX’s mission is to create a truly new and unique business model that makes the best use of technology to remove barriers in the current trading of diamonds and other gemstones. The ADEX model will bring enhanced transparency, accountability, and fairness to the sale of diamonds and gemstones thereby turning control of their sale over to African diamond and other types of gemstone producing countries.

ADEX’s vision is that rough African diamonds and other gemstones will be sold directly from the mines through the ADEX Platform with full provenance information at a fair and competitive price allowing buyers to have full ‘mine to finger’ information, confidence in ethical production, and the ability to buy the exact product that they desire.

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How To Buy

Buyers can sign up to ADEX Platform’s sales site to purchase rough diamonds and other gemstones where all relevant information and data about the diamonds and other gemstones are available, which is made possible by using advanced cutting-edge scanning technology that provides an excellent view and feel of the diamonds and other gemstones. For special stones, prospective buyers can view the stones at ADEX’s viewing suite in Zurich, Switzerland.

Buyers have the unique opportunity to get the diamond or other gemstones they purchased on the ADEX Platform locally cut and polished in Swiss quality using advanced laser technology that reduces the risk of the stone cracking significantly.

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The rough diamonds and other gemstones are mined in their respective African countries

The rough diamonds and other gemstones are cleaned, valued and scanned with cutting-edge technology in the local ADEX offices in each country in Africa

The rough diamonds and other gemstones are placed for sale online on the ADEX Platform sales site

Rough diamonds and other gemstones above 1 carat can be bought cut & polished to the buyers specifications in the best Swiss quality and then sent directly from the respective African country to anywhere in the world.

Cutting options for diamonds and other gemstones above 1 carat are also available for purchase at the ADEX Platform. The price of the cutting options will be deducted from the total amount if the buyer purchases the rough diamond or other gemstone linked to the cutting option.

Special stones are selected for viewing in ADEX’s showroom in Zurich, Switzerland.

Buyers can choose and purchase the exact product they desire

Let's get in touch

ADEX Platform AG
Marktstrasse 13
CH-8853 Lachen SZ
Switzerland
+41 55 442 2323
adm@adexplatform.ch