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From Roskin Gem News Report, I haven't seen anything on this devastation in any of the other trade news, which I thought was surprising, and I'm asking you to pray for these people and hope no more rains add to their misery. :( Devastating Rains in Brazil and East Africa: Global Climate Change Direc...

From Roskin Gems New Report, this one has videos and multiple sub-links in the article that you'll need to use the link below to access. Check this out. :) Goldfinger & Diamonds are Forever: The Jewelry Collection of Dame Shirley Bassey May 10, 2024 https://8x64db.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-cont...

In this one Justin of Black Opal Direct shows how he got around all sorts of problems with his rough, and the end results are gorgeous. Enjoy!

Could this be the cut of the year?

First up is JCK's Jewelry Agenda for this week and it has two gorgeous emeralds for our May babies and emerald lovers. :) JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of May 12 By Victoria Gomelsky | May 09, 2024 https://www.jckonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fana-emerald-pendant.jpg "It’s Mag Jewels week (t...

This week the week they skipped made their front page, and last week's titles are all changed so hopefully they'll go up soon. They all have votes in the 30's and 40's, but the paw prints in the foam made the front page twice so that one's pushing 80 up votes. I hope y'all get a kick out of this wee...

I had forgotten all about that day so long about with the pink sky, and I haven't seen it since so I'm glad you resurrected this thread John. I pulled up the aurora cam last night but there was nothing, and it's like the land of the midnight sun up there at this time of year with the sun not even fu...

I was lucky enough to 'meet' Don Buford in ISG live chats some years ago, and a group of us ordered some faceted champagne sunstones, some of which have the copper shiller they're famous for in them from Don, and they're gorgeous; but I would love to go there and find one with the red in the center ...

With the price of gold reaching new heights it's logical for those who want white metal to switch from white gold to platinum right now, and the platinum jewelry group knows this and is planning to take advantage of this golden opportunity (pun intended) to place themselves front and center to procl...

This is a lovely pendant and she put a lot of thought into how she would display the image to indicate its meaning, so check this out. ;) Piece of the Week: Carina Hardy’s ‘Birth of Venus’ Necklace https://nationaljeweler.com/uploads/48d094602b67e5025bf4dd8713a6b9d5.jpg Carina Hardy’s “Birth of Venu...

When De Beers introduced their Lightbox LGD line they were the lowest priced seller, and others had to lower their prices to not lose their share of the synth market, and now De Beers is lowering their prices even more, and there are other companies selling LGDs at even lower price than De Beers, al...