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AGL is modifying its disclosure terminology used for heated rubies, by exchanging the term “Inorganic (fluxtype)” with “Heating residues”. As well as including the statement “Heating residues are deposited along healed fractures during the heating process.” as an additional description under their comments section of all grading reports. A contentious topic for more than a […]

Check out the full story from Reuters. Japan’s akoya pearl industry, which began in the 1890s when Kokichi Mikimoto created the world’s first cultured pearls, is facing collapse due to plunging sales and stiff competition from China. In the small fishing town of Wagu on central Japan’s Ago bay, about half of the 45 growers […]

eXtreme Tea Exhibition An exhibition of historic and contemporary tea infusers and strainers curated by Tom Muir. The exhibit will be shown from January 16 – March 21, 2010 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Introduction:If you’ve used a teabag, you’ve used the least attractive, and most common, form of contemporary tea infuser. A […]

Isabelle Geeroms (45) of Belgium is the winner of the 2009 HRD Awards diamond jewelry design contest organized by Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC). The theme of this year’s contest was “Once upon a time …my favorite fairy tale.” The HRD award winning designby Isabelle Geeroms, ‘Mirror,mirror on my hand’ Geeroms’ entry, “Mirror Mirror on […]