Category: Jewelry

Photos fade, but DNA jewelry is forever
Japanese company offers people a unique way to remember loved ones
MSNBC

TOKYO – People hoping to remember deceased loved ones with something more permanent than a lock of hair or faded photo can now have a piece of their DNA saved in a pendant.

Eiwa Industry Co. recently began selling pendants for preserving genetic mementos of the dead.

The company, which mainly manufactures decorative metal fixtures for houses, entered the DNA pendant business last August with a line of products for saving the DNA of bygone pets. Quickly, the company started receiving requests for pendants for human DNA, said general manager Morihito Ikai Read more about Photos fade, but DNA jewelry is forever …

MPCA gives guidelines for disposing of lead-containing jewelry
West Central Tribune, MN 

ST. PAUL
Jewelry and other products believed to contain high levels of lead should be disposed of at a household hazardous waste site, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said.

The MPCA issued this week’s advisory after a 4-year-old Minneapolis boy recently died from lead poisoning. Jarnell Brown, 4, of Minneapolis died of lead poisoning Feb. 22 after swallowing a charm from a bracelet distributed by Reebok. The charm was found to be 90 percent lead and has since been recalled. Read more about MPCA gives guidelines for disposing of lead-containing jewelry …

American Girl recalls unsafe kids’ jewelry KARE – CBS 5 The Associated Press Published March 30, 2006, 9:59 AM CST Wisconsin-based American Girl is recalling about 180,000 pieces of children’s jewelry because they contain high levels of lead. The jewelry was sold at American Girl Place in Chicago and New York and at the American Girl […]

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 […]