September/October 2008 Colored Stone

September/October 2008

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September/October 2008
Volume 21• No. 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON THE COVER:
Put this stunning jade koru in your front window, along with other unique gem objects, and make non-jewelry gifts as much a reason to shop in your store as colored stones and gold. Koru courtesy of The Jade Mine; photo by Jim Lawson.

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Editorial: Braver New Worlds If you like your gem news in cyber-form, you're in luck. Colored Stone is branching out into the world of e-communications.	4
Ones-of-a-Kind: Earthen-Wear Relics Did you ever feel a strange urge to wear cookware as jewelry? Then you're in luck. Some incredible pieces are being produced using antique pottery shards.	9
What's In: Purple Pros If it's not easy being green, perhaps you might consider purple. We bring you some amazing purple jade from Turkey.	12
Designer 911: The Joys of Jade Colored Stone's panel of designers discusses the joy and inspiration they find in working with jade in a wide spectrum of colors and from many widely separated localities.	14
Capturing Moonlight: The Luminescent Jade Cups of Wushan China The intrepid Jordan Clary visits a small village in China which mines Mandarin Duck jade and uses it to produce exquisite cups and other treasures.	20
Gemware to the Rescue Feeling the squeeze in dire economic times? Colored Stone presents our new Gift Guide, providing you with some ideas for diversifying inventory and increasing sales.	26
Fall Show Guide	59
How to Contact Us	40
online features
The Agony of Andesine Maverick gemologist Robert James has made life a living hell for on-screen and on-line marketers of color-treated feldspar sold as natural sunstone.
Better Blues through Chemistry Wonder where the sudden surge in small deeper-blue tanzanite comes from? It comes from lots of places — none of them found in nature.
advertising sections
Classifieds	96
Website Directory	98
Advertiser Index	98

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