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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006
Volume 19 • No. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON THE COVER: TOP ROW, LEFT: Tom Munsteiner’s Zip Zip cut in yellow citrine. TOP ROW, RIGHT: Also from Tom Munsteiner, his Ritmo cut in natural quartz. Photos: Lichtblick/Cullman. SECOND ROW, LEFT: Crown of Fire from Rick Stinson, cut from lab-grown red beryl. Photo: Robert Weldon. SECOND ROW, RIGHT: Stinson’s Bird of Paradise, cut from fortification agate. Photo: Rick Stinson. THIRD ROW: The center of Dalan Hargrave’s Supernova spirographic cut in Oregon sunstone. Photo: John Parrish. BOTTOM: Stephen M. Avery’s Nancy Suite of blue green tourmaline and rubellite tourmaline, all from Nigeria. Photo: Robert Weldon.

Editorial 4

Winners

6

What's In

9

The Gemmys
Presenting the winners of the 2006 Gemmys competition.
Online Bonus: An extended version of the article.

10

Rainbow's End
Fashion turns its back on bright colors this spring.

14

News

22

Semiprecious Revenge
The Big Three? Not anymore, retailers say.
Online Bonus: More statistics from our annual retailers’ survey.

24

Fair Enough?
Fair trade gemstones -- can it work?

16

Eye on Supply

28
Ruby Boomtown
A ruby rush in Madagascar created a city from raw jungle.
30

Calendar

38

Contributors

42

ADVERTISING SECTIONS

Classifieds 40
Web Directory 41
Advertiser Index 41

 


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