JCK Online - June 1, 2004

Diamond cutters and jewelry designers are paying particular attention to the age-old fashion mantra: Everything old is new again. Forget adding more facets or different facets to a round stone—fashionistas today aren't looking for more brilliance. Instead, their endless search for interesting looks has brought them flocking to old-school stones long ago abandoned in favor of their more fa...

• Cover Story
• Grading the Make
• Getting Real About Synthetics
• June is Diamond Month!
• Diamond Math for the Trig Challenged

• Departments
• Associations
• MJSA Raises Funds for Industry Charities
• SNAG Awards Grants for 2004
• MJSA'S 2004 American Vision Awards
• Pugh Elected President of OJA
• JCF Goal: $4 Million In Las Vegas
• NCDIA Draws Attention In Basel
• Jewelers Executive Conference
• Jim Hartstein Elected CJA President
• Auctions
• Record-Setting Auction at Bohnams & Butterfields
• Business Report
• Retailing Across the Pond
• Fun Facts From the Feds
• Turn, Baby, Turn!
• Number of Jewelry Stores Drops
• Counterpoint
• A Tale of Two Dinosaurs
• Editor's Page
• The More Things Change
• Exhibits
• Israel Diamond Museum Exhibits Rare Gemstones and Minerals
• Prominent Jeweler's Retrospective At Newark Museum
• Fashion Facets
• Goldman Launches Affordable Designer Silver Line
• Stars Are Rising in Las Vegas
• New Game in Town
• Brazilian Jeweler Wins Red Dot Design Award
• Gem Notes
• AFGEM to Dispose of Tanzanite Mine?
• Misusing Pearl Terminology: Let the Buyer Biwa
• Rossman Receives Prestigious Teaching Award
• The Guide Expands Gemstone Pricing
• Jewel of the Month
• Traditionally Heat-Treated Sapphires
• Lab News
• IGI Launches Seminar Series on HPHT, Synthetics
• Letters
• Letters
• People
• Obituaries
• Dallahan and Bonaparte to be Honored
• AGS Awards Ian Sossen
• Appointments
• Retailer News
• Grand Opening For Congress Jewelers
• Pennsylvania Jeweler Donates to Breast Cancer Coalition
• Diamonds and Dancing Benefit Dance Company
• Connie Classic Raises $250,000 for Children's Hospital Foundation
• Supplier News
• New Diamond Company Opens
• Stuller Approved for AGS Membership
• Strategic Alliance Formed
• Design Firm Establishes Trust for Stricken Employee
• Changes At Damiani
• 'The Long Grey Line' Comes to R.I.
• Trade shows
• Passione Fair Debuts
• SJTA Honors Law Enforcement Officials
• Attendance at Spring 2004 Atlanta Jewelry Show Breaks Record
• New Public Show Helps Retailers Sell Old Merchandise
• Up Front
• GTL Calls Suspect Blue Sapphires 'Heat Treated'
• Dubai Diamond Exchange Opens
• Blue Nile Sets Terms of IPO
• Jewelers Mutual Policyholders Get Largest-Ever Dividend
• Amazon.com Enters the Jewelry Business
• Correction
• The Global Witness Scorecard
• Industry Hits Back at NGO Report
• Watch World
• Antiquorum Opens 30th Year with $4.4 Million Auction
• Movado Group has 'Banner Year'
• Four Arrested in Audemars Piguet Robbery
• What's New: Bench and Lab
• Injection Wax
• New Mixed Alloy
• What's New: Business Services
• Diaspark Jewel Has Software For Jewelers
• Staffing Consultations Offered At JCK Show
• AMR Tracks Colored Diamond Trend

• Diamond Notes
• 'Forevermark' Tested in Hong Kong
• Burman Honored at IDCA Event
• De Beers LV Names New CEO
• Ekati Rejects Israeli Bid, Plans to Expand
• Leo Schachter in Joint Venture with Goldberg
• Tempelsman: Industry Faces 'Shakeout'
• Israel Honors Moshe Schnitzer
• Diamond Dealer Pleads Guilty to Money Transfer Charge

• Gemology
• If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Gem Business, Part II

• Heritage
• William Spratling and the Taxco School

• Management
• The Power of Purchasing Plans

• Security
• Jewelry Crime by the Numbers
• Space-Age Security for Jewelers

• Store Design
• A Gem of a Store

• Trade Shows
• Swiss Shows come Roaring Back
• Summer Camp—for Grown-Ups
• The Appeal of 'Real Watches'
• Oro in Arezzo: A Jeweler's Perspective
• OroArezzo Celebrates 25 Years
• Basel Fair Revisits Vicenza Trends

• Workbench
• Casting Moissanite in Place