November/December 2007 Colored Stone

November/December 2007

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2007
Volume 20 • No. 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON THE COVER:
Put new-find lilac and reddish-pink Vietnamese spinels in the hands of cutter Richard Homer, Kent, OH, and jewelry designer Tom Dailing, Stevens Point, WI, and you’ve got a triad of perfection from miner to lapidary to manufacturer that does these gems full justice.

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Editorial	4
News: China’s Pearl Crisis Typhoons along the southeastern coast and algae pollution farther inland have imperiled China’s saltwater and freshwater pearl industries. Read our online updates on the China pearl crisis.	6
What's In: Stone Alone Designers are making unibody rings whose featured stone also serves as the setting.	10
Sneak Peek: Tucson ’08 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.	12
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.	16
Eye on Supply: Coated Topaz Fearing - falsely, as it turns out - that NRC would temporarily ban sales of unlicensed neutron-irradiated topaz, many retailers substituted topaz blued by thin-film and diffused color layers. More recent online updates on Irradiated Topaz	20
Resources	44
How to Contact Us	45
online feature
A Cure for the Blues It’s okay to sell irradiated blue topaz — as long as it has been cleared for commerce by any of the new NRC-approved testing and certification facilities.
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Classifieds	46
Web Directory	49
Advertiser Index	49

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