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Red Coral, what beauty hanging around your neck. CITES, the world-wide watchdog group for the ocean's plant life, will meet next March to decide whether to put coral on the endangered species list. You visit any coastal town anywhere in the world and you'll see red coral in…
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There are some gemstones in the British crown jewels that are not what they seem. The Black Prince's Ruby is not a ruby at all but a red… Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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Put you readers on folks. These pictures are small! An update to our story last week regarding fake or enhanced rubiesbeing sold at Macy's. It seems that both ABC Good Morning America and Macy's are being criticised for there tactics. It seems that…
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This is the beginning of a
series about the Bingham
Canyon open pit copper mine outside of Salt
Lake City. It is the largest mine in the world at nearly 3/4 of a
mile deep. It hopes to be 500 feet deeper… Read More »
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TOP - Hematite ribbons… Read More »
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Shame on you, Macy's! Macy's
was reported last week to be selling fake Rubies and not informing
the customers, passing them off as real Rubies. Macy's has been
selling composite Rubies, which is essentially red glass with Ruby
dust blended in.… Read More »
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Just when we thought companies were following
the lead of jewelers like Sterling Canyon , along
comes a mining operation like Vale do Rio Doce that
has good… Read More »
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Pink diamonds from the Argyle mine in
Australia are simply spectacular to look at. The owners of
the Argyle, Rio Tinto say the mine will play itself out by
2018. Meanwhile, the 43 Argyle pink diamonds have been
put up for sale and buyers from China and India… Read More »
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Just a quick note about
Tanzanite, the beautiful blue stones are mined only from
Tanzania. Don't think you can buy a Tanzanite ring or
necklace for $50. You can't. Tanzanite is getting
more rare and harder to mine.
Tanzanite is mined in primative mine shafts, some…
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