Carousel Egg Unveiled in Carlsbad New Jersey Siblings Study in Florence
Vol. 17, No. 4
Fall 2008
How
Green
areWe?
Plus:
GIA Student Catalogs
Vatica
Vol. 17, No. 4 Fall 2008
Dreams Take Shape
at GIA Career Fair
West Coast event gets
strong turnout from job
seekers, recruiters.
– pa
ChAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
Engagements,Marriages,Birthdays
Canceled Due to Faltering Economy
Gemological Institute of America
The Robert Mouawad Campus
5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008
NEWS & EVENTS
GIA’s Russell Shor Earns Prestigious Journalism Awards
By Jessica Sachariason
R
ussell Shor, GIA’s senior industry analyst,
was recently honored with two prestigious Carousel Egg Unveiled in Carlsbad New Jersey Siblings Study in Florence Vol. 17, No. 4 Fall 2008 How Green areWe? Plus: GIA Student Catalogs Vatica
Vol. 17, No. 4 Fall 2008 Dreams Take Shape at GIA Career Fair West Coast event gets strong turnout from job seekers, recruiters. – pa
ChAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Engagements,Marriages,Birthdays Canceled Due to Faltering Economy Gemological Institute of America The Robert Mouawad Campus 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008
NEWS & EVENTS GIA’s Russell Shor Earns Prestigious Journalism Awards By Jessica Sachariason R ussell Shor, GIA’s senior industry analyst, was recently honored with two prestigious
NEWS & EVENTS GIA Contributes Expertise to Diamonds Exhibit By Marga Kellogg G IA’s Museum Director, Elise Misiorowski, recently spent two weeks examining dia- monds, diamond crystals
NEWS & EVENTS DreamsTake Shape at GIACareerFair West Coast event gets strong turnout from job seekers, recruiters By Marga Kellogg W hen Charles Saatjian slipped into his seat just
NEWS & EVENTS Alishan Halebian, designer and owner of Alishan, talks with a participant during the coaching session of GIA’s Career Fair. Alishan said he returns each year to coach at the fair beca
NEWS & EVENTS GIA London,UKIndustry Shineat Coutts Jewellery Week Events By Emily Stegman C outts London Jewellery Week, a five-day event developed to promote London’s jewelry bus
NEWS & EVENTS Lecture Gives Entertaining Look at Gold GIA’s Mark Mauthner expounds on uses, history By Marga Kellogg D id you know that ocean water contains an estimated 20 million tons of
MUSEUM NEWS “Balboa Park Carousel Egg” FindsNest at GIA By Marga Kellogg Photos by Kevin Schumacher Top: This miniature carousel
NMEUWSSEU&MENVENWTS in Newport Beach, California, and commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Barry Marfleet, the owners of the egg. It was fabricated by a team of artists, including Christian Eric, Beth Eiler
G&G Digest Fall G&G ReportsonDetectionof Synthetic Diamond Melee By Russell Shor M elee-sized (0.05 ct to 0.20 ct) synthetic diamonds have been entering the diam
HowGreen AreWe? From the Editor: We hope you enjoy this special green issue of The Loupe. We thought it made sense that our first online-only edition include a snapshot of where GIA, and indee
hOW GREEN ARE WE? GIATakes‘Green’ tothe Next Level Employees join ranks to set standard for others Story and photos by Marga Kellogg Above: Bev Berthoty, manager of Institute Relation
noticed many possibilities at GIA to preserve the world we depend on,” Huber says. “It’s really exciting to be in a position where I can actually create change, and not just hope for it.” Hill sa
hOW GREEN ARE WE? and it allows for in-floor amp boxes with power and phone outlets that have enough wiring that they can be popped out and moved 10 feet in any direction. Additionally, the ab
“We don’t want to be part of a temporary green-washing. We’re looking long and hard at ways to implement changes and redirect thinking that will contribute to an evolved world-view ...”
hOW GREEN ARE WE? Unfinished Business iMDnodarurocshthr,yé,aefgteGorvizearenmgexaetnewtnasaisnvdeapcinpivtoeilrntsaeotdicoienatsayl,istasenadfricrihsnt,
The Madagascar Model By Tom Cushman T he Madagascar gemstone saga is an inter- esting case study in development. The island is a little larger than the state of California and sit
hOW GREEN ARE WE? Why CareAbout Burma? By Jared Genser W hile Burma produces a variety of gem- stones, it is most renowned for its rubies and jade. Burmese rubies, specif
ACalltoEthical Action By Michael Rae Editor’s note: This is an edited version of the author’s presentation during the International Jewellery London (IJL) Great Debate held during the IJL tr
hOW GREEN ARE WE? The Challengeof Sustainable Development By Robert Weldon G emstone mining is unsustainable by defini- tion because gems are a finite resource. Once th
India’s Diamond Factories: FromSweatshops toTech Palaces By Russell Shor T he vast majority of India’s $12 billion in polished diamond exports
hOW GREEN ARE WE? ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR EXPERT ANALYSIS Improve customer service, increase sales, and empower your staff to produce their highest quality work with our full line of microscopes
Consumer Demand for FairTrade By Eric Braunwart T here is not a day that goes by that I don’t find an article in one of the newspapers I read about organic foods, green energy, h
hOW GREEN ARE WE? Jewelers: Embrace Benefits of Going ‘Green’ By Peggy Jo Donahue W hy should jewelers care about ethical, social and environmental issues – not just
Tracking Down Ethical Jewelry By Vivien Johnston I set up Fifi Bijoux Luxury Ethical Jewellery – a jewelry design and wholesale business – in 2006 after five years as head of design fo
hOW GREEN ARE WE? EthicalBusinessPractices: Beyond Legal Compliance By Suzan Flamm J ewelers operate in a complicated, intercon- nected world in which their actions are likely to
JewelryAdornments Express Our Egos By Sir Gabriel S. Tolkowsky “Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.” – General Lew Wallace W e find a reflection of nature and a universa
MARKET VIEWPOINT ‘Green’Diamonds:We’ve ComeaLongWay (And HaveaLongWay to Go) By Russell Shor T he Kimberley Process, designed to stop illicit diamonds from entering t
The Long Haul A look at where the industry’s been and where it’s headed on the road to accountability T he gem and jewelry industry truly is a multifaceted field – a supply chai
hOW GREEN ARE WE? into and draw it out of the pits where the miners worked. In 2002, 42 miners died in a tanzanite mine in Tanzania after an oxygen pump stopped working. 1919 Edward Bullard, the s
socially sound way in 12 Afro-Colombian communities. The certification criteria, which is endorsed by the Association for Responsible Mining, includes not using toxic chemicals in the extraction proc
EDUCATION NEWS Va t i c a n tr e a s ur e s GIA courses help student place value on papal gifts from around the world By Emily Stegman P eople consider the items housed at the Pa
EDUCATION NEWS Above: Carlo Pellegrini, guardian of the Sistine Chapel and Papal Sacristy, says he is the only person employed at the Vatican who
EDUCATION NEWS Videos, Interviews Make E-LearningComeAlive A.J.P. courses will be available online in January By Marga Kellogg I fyou’reinterestedinGIA’sEssentialscourses, you’ll have
EDUCATION NEWS NewFormatto Make“MyGIA” Navigation Seamless U sers of the My GIA portal – the doorway to the Institute’s e-learning courses and other service
EDUCATION NEWS Online Program Stays Dedicated to Jewelry Business Professionals By Emily Stegman we like to travel together and my son was still
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Thailand Courtesy of GIA Thailand GIA Thailand’s two most recent Gemstone Gatherings, a monthly event for the campus, featured John Koivula and Richard Hughes and attrac
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Taiwan GIA Taiwan teamed up with its local alumni chapter for a seminar presented by John Koivula, the Institute’s chief gemologist for West Coast Identification Services. M
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: A CUT ABOVE A Navel Idea TummyToys design puts ‘snap’ in Melissa Tyler’s jewelry career By Marga Kellogg Tyler’s innovation
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: A CUT ABOVE “The most expensive one I’ve sold was $3,600 – it was a diamond and platinum piece, a custom order. The funny thing about that is the gentleman ca
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Chapter Highlights U.S. Chapters California – Golden Gate Northern Chapter Betty Sue King recently spoke to about 40 chapter members and visitors about GIA’s travel progra
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION hong Kong Chapter The GIA Alumni Association Hong Kong chapter visited Guangzhou, a main wholesale center in China and the city where Hong Kong’s jade originates, and Sihui
THE REAL WORLD What I’ve Learned Since I Got My GIA Diplomas F atma Oya Borahan, known as Oya to her that
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Greening of GIA –A BetterWay Forward By Donna Baker W elcome to our first-ever, online-only issue 14) and all
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Join us in the GIA Lounge for Sponsored by the GIA Alumni Association Friday, February 6 6:45-11 p.m. The Marriott University Park Hotel 880 East Second Street,Tucson,Arizona Shuttle provided
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