January/February 2007 Colored Stone

January/February 2007

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007
Volume 20 • No. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON THE COVER: Winners of the 2007 Gemmys awards. TOP: Richard Homer took first place in the Faceting category for his Hexagonal Satin Snowflake™ in a 15.22-carat aquamarine. Photo by Richard P. Homer. CENTER: A quartz suite by Matt Casteen took second place in the Specially Cut Gems category; the three citrines and one amethyst collectively weigh 64.2 carats. Photo by Matt Casteen. BOTTOM: Detail from the Best of Competition winner, Pixies and Fairies Turning Water Into Wine, a 1,719-carat topaz sculpture created using intaglio carving techniques by Howard Friedler. Photo by Howard Friedler.

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Editorial	4
News	6
What's In	8
The Front Row The winners of our 2007 Gemmys competition take a bow.	10
Strong Accents Jewelry injects color into this spring's neutral fashion palette.	18
Brands Rising Jewelers turn to branded jewelry, and other trends from our annual survey.	22
Peace & Tanzanite TanzaniteOne tightens its grip on the world's only tanzanite deposit.	26
Jade, Rediscovered Guatemalans struggle to profit from the jade deposits of their ancestors.	30
Synthetics City One city in China has become the world's largest cutting center for synthetic gems.	34
Resources	38
Calendar	41
online features
A Labor of Love Australian minerals are pretty, but are they worth the red tape?
advertising sections
Classifieds	40
Web Directory	42
Advertiser Index	42

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