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Winter 2010 Gem News International
A compilation of gem news from around the world, covering topics such as localities, unusual gem materials, market news, new products, discoveries, jewelry manufacturing techniques, and industry trends.

Industry Experts Share Encouraging Advice with Job Seekers
Gem and jewelry industry experts shared words of advice offered to job seekers at GIA’s 20th annual Jewelry Career Fair on Oct. 22, 2010.
Gem Localities of the 2000s
The past decade saw some impressive discoveries of diamonds and colored stones.
Gemstone Enhancement and its Detection in the 2000s
Advances in technology and increased demand for lower-priced gem materials contributed to the proliferation of new treatments throughout the first decade of the 2000s.
The Wittelsbach-Graff and Hope Diamonds: Not Cut from the Same Rough
Two historic blue diamonds, the Hope and the Wittelsbach-Graff, appeared together for the first time at the Smithsonian Institution in 2010.
Confocal Micro-Raman Spectroscopy: A Powerful Tool to Identify Natural and Synthetic Emeralds
More than 300 natural and synthetic emeralds from various sources were examined with confocal Raman spectroscopy.

GIA Reveals World of Gemstones to Crime Investigators
What do GIA and international crime investigators have in common? FBI Special Agent Daniel McCaffrey shares details on how the FBI has caught gem and jewelry thieves

Update on Ametrine from the Yuruty Mine, Bolivia
A compilation of gem news from around the world, covering topics such as localities, unusual gem materials, market news, new products, discoveries, jewelry manufacturing techniques, and industry trends.
Winter 2009 Gem News International
A compilation of gem news from around the world, covering topics such as localities, unusual gem materials, market news, new products, discoveries, jewelry manufacturing techniques, and industry trends.

Be the Character You Are
Mary Todd-McGinnis, vice president of sales and e-commerce for Ben Bridge Jewelers, shared her journey in the gem industry, pointing out the way trends and culture affect how people buy jewelry, at the 2009 Career Fair in Carlsbad.

Make the Most of Opportunities
Michael O’Connor, a jewelry and style expert known as the “King of Bling” at Hollywood’s red carpet events, offered this advice the 2009 Career Fair in Carlsbad.

Plan a Path to Success
Kara Erickson, sales manager for Tiffany & Co. in Pasadena, California, shared five key concepts she used to build her career with attendees of the 2009 Career Fair in Carlsbad.




