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JULY/AUGUST 2005
Volume 18 • No. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON THE COVER: LEFT: White gold ring set with blue topaz and industrial rubber by Reader’s Choice Award winner Noel Cheney. Photo by Robert Weldon. RIGHT AND ABOVE I: A cuff and earring set by Caroline Streep; silver is embellished with 18K and 22K gold and set with amethyst, pearl, tourmaline, ruby, and citrine . Photo courtesy Caroline Streep.

Editorial 4

What's In

6

Winner's Circle

8

Silver’s Golden Age
Silver finally gets a seat at the high-end table.
ONLINE BONUS: Designing (and selling!) jewelry with silver.

12

Noel Cheney: Detour to Design
Noel Cheney’s winding road in life led her to the top spot in our 2005 Reader’s Choice Award for jewelry design.

18

News

26

Heard In: Basel

28

Designs on Retail
For designers frustrated with the show circuit, it’s good to be the retailer.

30

Ceylon Pitch
Sri Lanka’s on a sapphire-branding mission.

34

News

38
Japan: Gem Market in Flux
Japanese gem dealers grasp for straws in an attempt to salvage sales.
40

Mining, Interrupted
Tanzania’s forgotten mines hold a bountiful supply of gems — for those with the money to get them out.
ONLINE BONUS: An exclusive look at Tanzanian women in mining.

44

Eye on Supply

48
The Flow 50

Resources

52

Calendar

54

Contributors

62

ADVERTISING SECTIONS

Designer Source Guide 24
Classifieds 60
Web Directory 61
Advertiser Index 61

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