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Independent appraiser of fine and antique jewelry and gemstones with 45 years professional experience and credentials. Professional and published historian of American history with emphasis on Thomas Paine and late eighteenth/early nineteenth century transatlantic democratic reform.

Times article details new synthetic diamond process

  New York times article describes a new method for making synthetic diamonds through the use of silicon chip technology. http://nyti.ms/1iUEs51

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Tourmaline mining in Brazil

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Former CDA coin dealer order to pay back 1/2 million +

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2015/jun/05/ex-coinuts-owner-repay-578k/

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Jade Buyers at Myanmar Auction

http://youtu.be/OJkCbWg8JyQ

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The Incredible Floating Selling Machine

caveat emptor The incredible jewellery selling machine – Part 1

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Fossil Display: Tucson 2013 (click on the image to enlarge it)

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Magnificent photos reveal the magical interior of gemstones

The wonderful world of microscopic inclusions in gemstone: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gems-minerals-inclusions-inside-photography-art-science-180953662/?no-ist

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The latest on the EGL controversy

http://www.jckonline.com/blogs/cutting-remarks/2014/12/19/egl-intl-not-going-away-quietly

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New Study shows that independent stores have better prices.

Yup, you’ll get a better diamond price at the local independent (“mom and pop”) store than at the big box and chain stores. From what I’ve seen, I suspect that is true of colored gems as well: http://www.jckonline.com/blogs/cutting-remarks/2014/12/11/independent-jewelers-have-better-diamond-prices-than-chains-according-to-um-blue-nile?utm_source=JCK+eNewsletters&utm_campaign=746d96d8ba-2014_12_11_Your_Store_Thursday&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56301e74d4-746d96d8ba-333931477

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San Diego fraud and misrepresentation allegations — Baron and Baroness Jewelers

Caveat emptor in the case of Baron & Baroness Jewels, William David Leavitt, of San Diego, California. An interesting case: http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/team-10-uncovers-flaws-in-san-diego-jewelers-claims

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