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7 New Tourmaline Jewels That Epitomize The Gem’s Chameleon-Like Appeal
With one of the widest color ranges of any gem, tourmalines are the colored-stone equivalent of chameleons. (more…)
Gem Dealer Dave Bindra on the State of Colored Stones
If you love colored stones and you don’t follow Dave Bindra (aka @gemfluencer, pictured above) on Instagram, you’re doing yourself a disservice. ...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Oct. 17
Whether you’re stocking up on holiday merch for your store or buying gifts for friends and family, knock out your entire list with this week’s...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Oct. 10
Buckle up: The week ahead promises to be a wild ride of blockbuster sales (an epic collection of art jewelry! The Queen Joséphine Necklace!), deep...
New Subscription Service Bridges Gap Between Gem And Mineral Worlds
Denver-based jewelry industry friends Nan Lung Palmer and Kelle Phoundoulakis had just returned from the Tucson gem shows in 2020, when the pandemic...
Katherine Jetter on Why Opals Are Ideal for Today’s Casual Luxe Vibe
When the jewelry designer Katherine Jetter was 9 years old, she and her family left their home in Melbourne, Australia, so her father could pursue...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Oct. 3
Two of the industry’s most important buying fairs, the Istanbul Jewelry Show and JIS Miami, open this week, an ocean apart. But the shopping...
Why Designers Are Choosing To Work With This Complicated Enamel Technique
Over the past few years, the combination of 14k or 18k gold and brightly colored enamel—made, in most cases, using the common, relatively...
HardRock Summit Places Gems, Minerals, Trade, and Consumers on Equal Footing
Earlier this month, the brand-new HardRock Summit, a dual-format trade show geared to gem, jewelry, and mineral lovers, premiered in Denver. ...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Sept. 26
This week’s agenda covers a jewelry auction to benefit a high-profile nonprofit organization, a WJA webinar on deconstructing gender, a preview of...