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AngloGold Ashanti Announces Jewelry Design Competition Winners
IDEX Online, Israel
(March 29, ’06, 3:05 Himja Parekh)
 

Global gold miner AngloGold Ashanti recently announced the results of its gold jewelry design competition at a  show marking the grand finale of the competition. The competition was held in conjunction with the World Gold Council (WGC), Indian jeweler D’damas Gold, and Rand Refinery Limited, the world’s largest single site refinery.
 
The March 24 event, based around the theme of ethno contemporary, featured a collection of 40 suites of jewelry known as the ensemble, from which four designs were selected as the winning pieces. Read more about AngloGold Ashanti Announces Jewelry Design Competition Winners …

Customized Jewelry With A Personal Touch
First Coast News, FL
First Coast News

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Finding the perfect piece of jewelry for yourself or as a gift can be difficult. Now a First Coast Trend is making it possible to buy jewelry made just for you.

Making your own jewelry is becoming very popular. But for those people who don’t have the time or don’t have the creative touch, you can have personal jewelry made at an affordable price.

Danielle Blumenberg of “db Designs” is just one First Coast Woman making the custom jewels, but her designs have a foreign flair at a good price. Read more about Customized Jewelry With A Personal Touch …

Lawmakers Push To Ban Lead Jewelry
WCCO, MN

(WCCO) St. Paul Years of recalls and the death of a little boy from Minneapolis could lead to new laws in Minnesota.

Monday, a group of DFL senators and representatives announced new legislation that would fund a lead prevention program. The law would also ban almost all jewelry that contains lead.

Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL) said, “Lead remains a serious problem in our environment.”

Last month, 4-year-old Jarnell Brown of Minneapolis died after swallowing a charm off a bracelet that came free with a pair of Reebok shoes his mother purchased.

It’s the first death in Minnesota directly attributed to lead in jewelry, but the problem of lead is something the I-TEAM first exposed two years ago. Read more about Lawmakers Push To Ban Lead Jewelry …

Gitanjali & Sanghavi Exports Sign Diamond Jewelry JV Agreement
(March 27, ’06, 6:56 IDEX Online Staff Reporter)
 

Gitanjali Gems today announced the signing of a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Sanghavi Exports to manufacture and market the Sangini diamond jewelry brand.
 
Sangini was one of the flagship brands launched in India by the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), the sales and marketing arm of De Beers. It was launched in 2004, and was run by seven Sightholders until 2005.
 
Spectrum Jewellery, earlier a part of the Sanghavi group, had purchased the brand from the DTC in January 2006. Read more about Gitanjali & Sanghavi Exports Sign Diamond Jewelry JV Agreement …

Legislation seeks to ban sale of jewelry with high lead levels
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

The lead-poisoning death of a 4-year-old boy prompted the bill, one of several seeking to reduce the health threat.
Jewelry retailers would be prohibited from selling items that contain high levels of lead under a bill proposed Monday by Senate and House DFLers.

The legislation was prompted by recent news reports about the death last month of 4-year-old Jarnell Brown, a Minneapolis boy who swallowed a charm bracelet that had high lead content. Read more about Legislation seeks to ban sale of jewelry with high lead levels …

15 held in Jax Hts. jewelry store bust Flushing Times Ledger, NY A sting operation in a Jackson Heights jewelry store led to the arrests of 15 individuals on a variety of cha ges including that they were selling or fencing more than $100,000 worth of items suc as gol The loosely knit group, whose ages […]

Turkish gold jewelry maker to expand overseas
Reuters
By Clare Black and Humeyra Pamuk

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s only listed gold jewelry retailer, Goldas (GOLDS.IS: Quote, Profile, Research), aims to quadruple its overseas presence as part of an ambitious strategy to build a strong brand image.

Cetin Binatli, board member of Goldart Holding, Goldas’ mother company, told Reuters that Turkey’s top jewelry exporter was planning to open new stores in Russia and China, as well as expanding its domestic outlets via funding from local and international banks. Read more about Turkish gold jewelry maker to expand overseas …

Fashion Jewelry Hall of Fame Inducts Famous Jewelry Designers Marcel and Sandra Boucher
The Fashion Jewelry Hall of Fame was created to honor those designers who pioneered the costume jewelry industry.
PR Web (press release)

Attleboro, MA (PRWEB) March 26, 2006 — Guyot Brothers Company, Inc., a century-old manufacturer of decorative brass stampings used in making costume jewelry and in the related arts trades, created the Fashion Jewelry Hall of Fame to honor those designers and manufacturers who helped shape the industry through their ingenuity, creative spirit, and dedication to excellence.

The most recent inductees, Marcel and Sandra Boucher, pioneers in fine and costume jewelry design, had long and varied careers, both as a team and individually. Their story is well worth telling and reading. Their intriguing history, including designing at Cartier before making the move to costume jewelry design and manufacture, Marcel Boucher became well known for his mechanical brooches, which had moving parts, and his naturalistic flowing designs, which were very different from many years of jewelry fashion dominated with Art Deco style. Read more about Fashion Jewelry Hall of Fame Inducts Famous Jewelry Designers Marcel and Sandra Boucher …

Web sites can help teach how to buy fine jewelry
Akron Beacon Journal

Few purchases are more mystifying for first-time buyers than fine jewelry. There’s more information out there than ever — from jewelers’ Web sites and online forums to nearly ubiquitous grading reports from independent labs. But buying expensive gems and precious metals is still largely a matter of trust between you and the jeweler.

First, educate yourself on the basics. For diamonds, that means the four Cs: cut, color, clarity and carat weight. For gold, platinum and silver, it means purity. Read more about Web sites can help teach how to buy fine jewelry …