Jewelry, Jewellery

ABC’s “The View” is excited about featuring such a unique company on its upcoming show. “Michele’s Picture frame jewelry is perfect for those that want to show-off their loved ones!” Mother’s Day is just around the corner and Michele Baratta jewelry is “Inspired by Heartfelt Emotion!”

The View, on April 23rd, will focus its attention on Michele Baratta’s photo frame jewelry that celebrities, such as Desperate Housewives” Felicity Huffman, have been wearing.
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The Caribbean Hook Bracelet first became popular on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands to celebrate love and good fortune. Recently, the islands of the Caribbean have adopted the Hook Bracelet as their signature piece. The traditional horseshoe design was introduced to the Caribbean over forty years ago, and since then, new island bracelet designs have become very popular, including the Fish Hook, Knot, Lizard, and Dolphin and many others.
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California artist Jes MaHarry is influenced and inspired by her surroundings - her ranch near Ojai, her animals, and the ever-changing beauty of nature. Her jewelry is intensely personal, always inspiring, and often surprising in its unusual juxtaposition of refined and rugged elements. For Jes, what began as a quiet observation of nature, has evolved into a passionate love, not only of nature, but of life itself.
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New York—The International Gemological Institute (IGI) is the latest jewelry industry organization to go “green.”

In anticipation of Earth Day, April 22, the IGI is announcing plans to offer grading reports printed on recycled and/or biodegradable paper using soy- and water-based inks.

The IGI Eco Report series officially will launch at JCK Las Vegas, scheduled for May 30-June 3 in Las Vegas.

According to a release from the IGI, these eco-friendly grading reports will be setting a green precedent in the jewelry industry, as IGI gemologists analyze, grade and issue thousands of reports daily for diamonds and colored gemstones.

“IGI is committed to reducing its environmental impact by offering reports in an environmentally friendly format,” IGI President Jerry Ehrenwald said in a media release issued on Thursday.
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Last year, the Israeli diamond industry focused on growing business in China to keep its fortunes thriving. This year, India will be the new darling of an industry whose challenges include a slowing economy in its prime market, the United States, and tighter rough supplies.
(Full post Israeli diamantaires set sights on India…)

The 2008 Basel show is lovingly called “this time of year” around the Rolex boards. The rules of the game are that Rolex S.A. does it’s best to guard their news untill the start of the show, and the rest of the world seems to be hunting down every particle of information available. It starts in January with a wide variaty of wild rumours, and it always narrows down in March to some mixture of truth and nonsense. This years truths were a new and bigger Sea-Dweller and a red gold Daytona, secrets not really well kept.

(Full post SIHH Basel 2008 Rolex Impressions…)

The Gemological Day, convention organised by the Vicenza Fair in collaboration with Cisgem (Public Service for the Regulation of Gem Materials and Precious Metals) and I.G.I. (Italian Gemmological Institute), which has become a regular fixture during the spring edition of Vicenzoro, will this year cover a very up-to-date topic, one that at the same time is “delicate”, “TREATED DIAMONDS: CERTIFICATION”.

Monday 14 May 2007, at 10.30 in the Trissino Room

It is well known that treated diamonds are those subjected to processes that affect the gem’s colour and clarity: these kinds of stone are appearing more and more frequently on the world market and today’s operators must learn to live with them.

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Jewelry Designers
Award-winning designers Jack and Elizabeth Gualtieri believe that beautiful jewelry is artful, precise, and everlasting. Influenced by both ancient and modern styles, from Etruscan era jewels to urban architecture, the husband-and-wife design team creates granulated custom jewelry with colorful gemstones. They have experimented with exciting new color combinations never before seen in granulated jewelry.
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As the first-ever India-Africa conclave organised by the Ministry of External Affairs approaches, the Union Commerce Ministry has, for the first time, taken the initiative to establish systems for the direct imports of rough diamonds from Africa to India. To kick-off this initiative, the Minister of State for Commerce, Shri Jairam Ramesh is leading a high-powered delegation to Namibia and Angola beginning March 26th.
(Full post Minister of Commerce & Industry Launches Diamond Initiative with Africa - Rapaport…)

Jewelry purchases are discretionary and largely affected by changing consumer tastes. Quality and design remain an important criterion for impulse and intended purchases. Growing number of working women and improving disposable incomes in developing nations provide a favorable outlook for the Precious jewelry market.
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