Colored Stone, November/December 2007
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Get a sneak peek at Tucson 2008. Read the new fashion of unibody rings whose featured stones also serve as the setting. On the cover: Vietnam's splendid spinels.
Articles
- News: China's Pearl Crisis- Typhoons along the southeastern coast and algae pollution farther inland have imperiled China?????s saltwater and freshwater pearl industries.
- What's In: Stone Alone- Designers are making unibody rings whose featured stone also serves as the setting.
- Sneak Peek: Tucson 2008- Wait till you see Mozambique?????s new magenta tourmaline and Vietnam?????s new spinel. But you might want to ask about the color and clarity of the ruby and sapphire.
- Vietnam: Music from Big Pink- While Vietnam has seen better days as a ruby producer, it?????s facing gravy days as a source of spinel.
- Eye on Supply: Coated Topaz- Fearing ????? falsely, as it turns out ????? the NRC would temporarily ban sales of unlicensed neutron-irradiated topaz, many retailers substituted topaz blued by thin-film and diffused color layers.
Item #: CS0711
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