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      • THE HARD LIFE OF THE SPINEL or WHY SPINEL IS THE MOST UNDER APPRECIATED AND UNDERVALUED STONE ON THE PLANET
        10/22/07
        Jul 01, 2006 - When I studied gemology, the first sentence that Michael O’Donoghue – my teacher – uttered was, “a gem, in order to be a gem and valuable, has to have beauty, rarity and durability.” Any stone that portrays those qualities will surely be valuable.

        For years, I found his st

      • The Truth Behind The Gemewizard! Part I Or Living With a Gem Dealer
        10/22/07
        Jun 01, 2006 -

        Snoring and amethyst

        After all these months of reading the Gemewizard column, I thought it was about time that you heard the truth behind the Gemewizard. I suppose that after 30 something years of living with the infamous Wizard, I am qualified to tell yo

      • The effecT of Gems on couples
        10/22/07
        May 01, 2006 - Everybody knows that diamonds are forever; that they are a girl’s best friend.

        Gems, on the other hand, have more to do with a couple’s bond. They put some color into a sometimes otherwise boring life. However, few know that gems are actually the barometer of a couple’s

      • TUCSON – THE LOST HEAVEN OF GEMS or dinosaurs did not care much about diamonds
        10/22/07
        Apr 01, 2006 - You know, even in this day and age, every now and then somebody finds a hidden place on earth. A previously undiscovered land, with rare birds and trees; where strange looking animals roam; species unknown to science or species that scientists thought were practically extinct.
      • CAN A SMALL DEALER AFFECT THE COLOR TRENDS OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE SAME WAY THAT BUTTERFLIES AFFECT THE WORLD’S CLIMATE?
        10/22/07
        Nov 01, 2005 - I am a veteran of the trade and I’ve heard lots of stories, which were told to me by prominent or less prominent figures in the trade. But this last story I heard, which is unfolding in the jewelry industry right before our very eyes, has astounded me.

        Just before breaking

      • THE “JEANSING” EFFECT OF MEGA ORDERS ON TODAY’S DEALER, RETAILER AND CONSUMER
        10/22/07
        Oct 01, 2005 - For many years diamond jewelry was considered to be unique pieces of art for which each designer or jeweler had his own line of jewelry, artistically created by jewelry designers. Jewelry pieces were as diverse as the jeweler who created them. Although even then casting jewelry existe

      • SOME ‘FACTS’ OF LIFE IN THE GEM AND DIAMOND WORLD
        10/22/07
        Sep 01, 2005 -
        FACT 1
        The longer you are in the gem and diamond trade, the less you know you know.

        In the early days, when I was an apprentice jeweler in London during the day and studied gemology at night, passing my gemology exams with distinction, I was sure that within a few

      • SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT
        10/22/07
        Aug 01, 2005 - Everyone who has traveled to Thailand has come across this very famous sentence - Same, Same but Different - so common amongst the merchants in the fascinating open markets. At first, it is difficult to grasp what they mean when they show you a green shirt with flowers on it instead o

      • MURPHY’S LAWS OF GEMS
        10/22/07
        Jul 01, 2005 - We all know that if something can go wrong, then it will go wrong. Or, that if you try really hard to throw your hat on the coat-stand from the other side of the room like James Bond you'll never achieve it. But if you just do it off the cuff then it works.

        Call it Mur

      • TANZANITE - MY BLUE LOVE
        10/22/07
        Jun 01, 2005 - I think every gem dealer has a gem that s/he likes the most. Tanzanite for me is the essence of gems, my blue love, my true love of the mineral world, and yes, like a real lover, it does not always behave the way we expect it to.

        It is fascinating as a gem and as a gem prod

      • NOT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS SYNTHETIC!
        10/22/07
        May 01, 2005 - Apart from being, among other things, a gem among countries and the Holy Land, the Land of Israel must have the highest concentration in the world of “thought to be natural gems that are in fact synthetics or imitations”. This phenomenon encompasses gems in the hands of native Israeli

      • THE ABUSE OF ALL THAT IS NATURAL
        10/22/07
        Apr 01, 2005 - To me the word natural in gems is sacred. Ideally, it should refer only to natural gems that have not undergone any process other than cutting, polishing and cleaning. Yes, we have seen rubies heated for centuries, to remove “silk” and sometimes improve red color by removing blue comp