AGTA GemFair 2011 Education Info is UP!

December 3, 2010

Free Seminar Schedule http://www.agta.org/tradeshows/gft-seminars.html#free MJSA’s At The Bench Live http://www.agta.org/tradeshows/gft-seminars.html#demos GIA Lab Classes (Fee Based) http://www.agta.org/tradeshows/gft-seminars.html#feebased

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Your First Tucson Gem Show? Lessons From My First….

November 22, 2010

Every year about this time I like to go backwards…this is from the first Tucson Gem Show I attended ….you never forget your first! The enthusiasm is palpable – there is nothing like the first time! 2007 Tucson Gem Show : I want to put this info down on paper…first for me because I want [...]

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“MUST SEE” TUCSON 2011! Dyber Optic Dish!

November 18, 2010

Tucson 2011- BACK FROM EUROPEAN TOUR 2009-2011, STOP BY TO SEE THE INTERNATIONAL GEM DESIGN GRAND PRIZE WINNER in the 40th German Award for Jewelry & Precious Stones Idar-Oberstein 2009. It will be on display at BOOTH 106, AGTA TUCSON GEM FAIR 2011, Feb. 1-6, Tucson Convention Center. The 113. 24 ct. Brazilian Aquamarine was [...]

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30th AGTA GemFair Tucson

October 21, 2010

(sorry Social links are not live follow links below) AGTA on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AGTASpectrumAwards AGTA on Twitter http://twitter.com/agta_spectrum AGTA on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/agtawebmaster#p/u

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Kids: the #1 reason to stay for the TGMS Show!

October 18, 2010

I was going through my Tucson Gem Show photos and found some that I haven’t posted! This is from the great day I spent with the FAB Jeweler, Maureen Brusa Zappellini (BZap), of Cosmo’s Moon, and her charming son Cosmo. The scene – the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show – this is the show produced [...]

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Vendor Spotlight: Archy’s Rock Shop

May 30, 2010

Archy of Archy’s Rock Shop has to be one of the most personable guys you will ever want to meet – he is willing to answer source questions – cuts his own rocks and is a real delight to work with. This was one of the days that I got to hang out with the [...]

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No Catalog In Motion From Rio In Tucson 2011!

May 28, 2010

Those of you who have been attendees at Rio Grande’s Catalog In Motion in Tucson received a letter this week from CEO Alan Bell. “As you are a prior attendee at Catalog In Motion, I wanted you to be among the first to know that after 23 consecutive years, we won’t be taking Catalog In [...]

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Andesine – The Final Chapter

April 16, 2010

Probably the most significant presentation at the 2010 Tucson Gem Show was from Robert James of the International School Of Gemology. You may remember that Mr James claimed at the 2009 Tucson Gem Show that the recent flood of Red Andesine was instead treated Feldspar…his report started a rumble in the Industry that has resulted [...]

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Galatea – the Art of the Pearl!

April 3, 2010

One of the most amazing and popular booths in the Designer Pavilion at the AGTA GemFair was Galatea: Jewelry By Artist. What Chi and his carvers are doing with pearls is elegant and extraordinary! His new line of White and Golden South Seas are nothing short of jaw-dropping gorgeous! Unfortunately it was impossible to get [...]

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Setting Fancy-Cut Gems: MJSA – At the Bench Live

March 28, 2010

At the Bench LiveFeb. 4, 11 am-12:30 pmLee Krombholz presentsSetting Fancy-Cut Gems:A Traditional ApproachFeb. 5, 11 am-12:30 pmLee Krombholz presentsSetting Fancy-Cut Gems 2:A CAD/CAM Approach As I mentioned in an earlier post – the “MJSA – At The Bench” presentations were some of the finest and most professionally presented programs I have ever seen at [...]

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