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Editorial: After the Flood
Want to know how to survive and even thrive after a "perfect storm"
of dire economic news? Colored Stone is dedicated to bringing you new strategies
for building your business in tough times. |
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 Ones-of-a-Kind:
Heaven On Earth
Nebula stone, a black rock with strange green orb patterns on its surface
looks other worldly, but in reality it comes from one mine in Southern Mexico.
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 What’s
In: Message from a Bottle
Broken bottles washed out to sea are tumbled and smoothed, then returned
to shore as colored glass shards perfect for use in jewelry.
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Cover
Story: A Zest for Zircon
Zircon outblues aqua, outpinks garnet, and thanks to its ultra-high dispersion,
outshines them all - at a fraction of the cost. It's a case of getting far more
for far less. No wonder zircon is the hottest it's ever been. |
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 Designer
911: Drama Queen
Designers Erica Courtney, Jason Baskin, and Tom Dailing set out to prove that
anything blue beryl or pink garnet can do, zircons can do better. Members of our
Designer 911 panel show and tell of the joys of using zircon in a wide range of
colors.
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Living
Digitally
Load the right programs on your hard drive and business life can become the
easiest and most profitable it has ever been. No wonder Colored Stone is
high on high-tech. |
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 The
Next Big Thing: Sustainability
With "Dirty Golf" and anit-coral campaigns gaining media attention,
going green is about to become as important to jewelers as getting back into the
black. |
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 The
2010 Gemmys
Music has its Emmys, and cutting has its Gemmys. Here are this year's winning
lapidary masterpieces in Colored Stone's annual competition. |
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The Coral Crisis
A growing number of scientists want jewelry coral listed as an endangered
species, Is this organic gem in the deep trouble they say it is? And, if so, is
placing it under the supervision of a giant global bureaucracy a cure - or a curse? |
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Red Menaces and Blue Meanies
The jewelry world is awash in glass-filled ruby and blue-dyed tourmaline.
And they're only two of the tints on the ersatz rainbow. What do jewelers do with
the deluge of treated gems? |
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