Members of the gem and jewelry industry stopped by the GIA Collection booth in Tucson to admire several exhibits on display, including “Quetzál,” a fine hand-crafted replica of the national bird of Guatemala fashioned with more than 1,100 full cut gemstones. Others, like jewelry designer Marya Dabrowski, visited the booth to gift pieces to GIA. She donated “Fireworks,” her 2004 Spectrum Award winning earrings made from 18K gold, amethyst, rubellite, tanzanite, peridot and apatite.

 
  Kimon “Dimitri” Mantheakis donated a 5.59 ct faceted spinel
  and 87.80-gram spinel crystal from Tanzania (above). 
  Photo by Patricia Syvrud

  Marya Dabrowski (center) presents Elise Misiorowski (left),
  director of the GIA Museum, and Pat Syvrud, director of
  In-Kind Gifts with “Fireworks.” The earrings won third  place
  in the 2004 Spectrum Awards’ casual division.
  Photo by Kimberly Vagner

  Art Sexauer and friend Lou Dorescenzi stopped by to see
  “Symphony in Gemstones” on display. Sexauer donated the
  collection, a miniature, 21-piece orchestra carved out of
  various gem materials, in 2002. Photo by Mauricio Minotta

  The peridot and diamond suite featured on the Winter 2004
  cover of Gems & Gemology, was among the crowd favorites 
  in Tucson. Designed and manufactured by Van Cleef & Arpels,
  it’s comprised of 350.40 cts of Pakistani peridot and D-E color, 
  VVS clarity diamonds. Photo by Patricia Syvrud