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Fall's Hottest Jewelry |
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The
fall fashion trend is sparking with vintage brooches
like an heirloom-style. This season is all about head-to-toe
twinkling textured and gloriously embellished-step into
the spotlight with shimmering baubles that will make
a statement and capture attention like pin a glamour
brooch on the chest. |
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a) "Othello" brooch/pendant set with
rubies, sapphires and pearls, Nardi.
b) Brooch of sapphires and diamonds clustered like grapes, Seaman
Schepps.
c) Brooch set with diamonds and emeralds, Martin & Stein.
d) Swarovski crystal brooch, Mark Walsh Leslie.
e) Stained-glass brooch, Louis Vuitton.
f) Turquoise brooch, Marc Jacobs.
g) Diamonds and rubies brooch, Versace. |
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Women
always love dramatic jewelry and many of her favorite
pieces are earrings from sweet stude to chic chandeliers.
This season, most desirable earrings are maxing between
the forms of nature, graceful in design and the incredible
variations of color man can find in stone. |
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a) Gold, ruby, emerald and sapphire earrings,
Di Modolo
b) Aquamarine, diamonds and 18k-gold earrings, Arthony Nak Nakard
c) Diane von Furstenberg by H. Stern Collections 18k yellow gold,
diamond, ruby, citrine, topaz and tourmaline
d) Diamond earring, Graff
e) Opal, diamonds set in platinum earrings, Gioia |
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Today
craftsmen can draw the new creation to jewelry, escecially
cocktail rings, which are larger than normal. Continually
to create extraordinary, eye-catching rings are embracing
a kaleidoscope of color, approaching precious coloured
stones and merging contemporary design into oversized
dimensions. |
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a) 18k yellow gold and agate ring, H.Stern.
b) Primavera Gallery's 18 yellow gold, lapis, coral and ivory ring.
c) 18k rose gold ring with brown diamond, Pomellato.
d) Tourmaline and amethyst ring, Gem Palace.
e) Gold ring set with gemstone, Dior.
f) Ruby and black gold snake ring, Boucheron.
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2004 Spectrum Awards |
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AGTA
Spectrum Awards is an annual natural colored gemstone & cultured
pearl jewelry design competition in Bridal Wear, Business/Day Wear.
Casual Wear, Evening Wear, Men's Wear, Cutting Edge. Here are the
winners from the 2004 AGTA Spectrum Awards compettion. Each year
as part of its annual Spetrum Awards, the American Gem Trade Association
(AGTA) celebrates the skills and achievements of gem cutters. And
we would like to present the Cutting Edge Catagory. |
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1st Place : Allen
Kleiman
11.91 ct. cushion cut natural pink sapphire
2nd
Place : Michael Arnstein
43.79 ct. unheated yellow sapphire
3rd Place :
Joseph Ambau
7.15 ct. cushion cut blue natural sapphire
4th
Place : Joseph Ambau
5.38 ct. emerald cut pink sapphire |
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1st Place : Ben Kho
13.96 ct. trillion cut natural rhodochrosite
2nd
Place : Darrell Jang
13.21 ct. cushion cut neon green Afghani tourmaline
3rd
Place : Hemant Phophaliya
23.58 ct. oval cut tanzanite cabochon |
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1st Place : Jeffrey Bilgore
15.29 ct. natural cat's eye chrysoberyl
2nd Place : David Cohen
2.26 ct. Burmese star ruby
3rd Place :
Allen Kleiman
5.04 ct. oval cut natural Brazillian alexandrite |
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1st Place : John Dyer
31.66 ct. modified, super trillion cut natural aquamarine
2nd Place : Arthur Lee Anderson
20.92 ct. Vin Cut citrine
3rd Place : David
Brackna
30.38 ct. striated horizon cut amethyst
4th Place : Boccie Lorett
7.40 ct. checker fan cut tanzanite |
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1st Place : Andrew Gulij
59.63 ct. "Aquarium" aquamarine with lapis, sugilite,
coral, tiger eye, turquoise and malachite
2nd Place : Larry C.Woods
32.25 ct. spessarite garnet Medicine Wheel
3rd Place : Larry C. Winn
53.52 ct. combination cut green Mozambique aquamarine
4th Place : Dalan Hargrave
75.0 ct. ametrine
5th Place : Michael Edwards
Mixed cut, orange/red sunstone |
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1st Place : Dalan Hargrave
"Genesis 1:16" celestial city sunstone carving with
diamonds and moldavite (91.0 ct. tw)
2nd Place : Michael M.Dyber
142.88 ct. ametrine
3rd Place : Dalan Hargrave
7.0 ct. spirographic cut bicolor sunstone |
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1st Place : Matt casteen
Suite featuring a 4.30 ct. pink tourmaline, a 7.92 ct.
blue-green tourmaline and a 4.49 ct. pink tourmaline
2nd Place : Larry Woods
11-piece spessarite garnet (32.25 ct. tw) suite
3rd Place : John Dyer
Pink and green tourmaline (12.48 ct. tw) "Dreamscapes"
suite
4th Place : Andrew Gulij
Citrine bonded to mother of pearl, black onyx and Australian
opal (103.57 ct. tw)
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1st Place :Ralph Wobito
18K yellow gold perfume bottle carved from yellow beryl
2nd Place :Phillip E.Louer Jr.
Intarsia box featuring gold and quartz malachite, azurite,
sugilite, rhodochrosite, turquoise, opal, lapis and fossilized
wood |
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