July/August 2005 Colored Stone Table of Contents

July/August 2005

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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
Detour to Design Noel Cheney’s winding road in life led her to the top spot in our Reader’s Choice Award for jewelry design. ONLINE BONUS: See work from all of the Reader’s Choice Award finalists.	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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