Lance Shapiro is a South Africa–born diamantaire and the Co-Owner of Shapiro Diamonds, a Dallas atelier known for one-on-one, concierge jewelry design. With 30+ years in diamond sourcing, manufacturing, and design, Lance maintains long-standing ties with leading diamond hubs in South Africa, Belgium, Israel, and India—giving him line-of-sight on availability, pricing, and quality from rough to polished. He’s especially regarded for evaluating and sourcing large, rare, investment-grade natural fancy-color diamonds, then translating those stones into custom heirlooms built in Shapiro’s Dallas studio. For journalists, Lance provides frank, jargon-free explanations of market dynamics (what drives price shifts), certification and authenticity (GIA and beyond), natural vs. lab-grown buyer beh...