Colored Stone, March/April 2008

Features

• Editorial: Free-Dumb of Speech- It is very hard to find corundum worthy of being called ?????natural.???????
• News Report: Dollar Dolors in Tucson- Tucson ?????08 featured dream gems at nightmare prices.
• Ones-of-a-Kind: Fossilized Sand Dollars- Looking for an Easter gem? Try million-year-old echinoderms from Chiapas, Mexico, that some say predict the coming of Christ.
• What?????s In: Afro-Style Paraiba- A generous loophole allows gem labs to name cuprian green and greenish-blue tourmaline from Africa after a venerated mining locality in Brazil.
• Designer Quartz: Earthen Ware- This special photo atlas showcases many of the more than 40 different types of inclusions that are exciting designers worldwide.
• Designer 911: Modern Art Miniatures- Most of the members of Colored Stone?????s new designer panel are active cheerleaders for rutilated quartz.
• Drusy Quest- Lapidary Greg Genovese takes up to Brazil on a successful buying trip for his specialty gem.
• Intergem Report: Idar Reborn- Debbie Yonick finds spirits high in Germany?????s legendary cutting center.