2008
Garnet and its Many Incarnations - January
Organic Gems - February
Do your jewelry claim settlements
make you "look bad"? - March
Don’t Be Duped by Fake JISO Appraisal - April
Diamonds in the Rough - May
The Cultured Club - June
2007
Moissanite's New Spin - January
Online Jewelry - Buying and Insuring - February
Blood Diamonds - March
Damaged Jewelry, Don't Assume!- April
Chocolate Pearls - May
Appraisal Puff-Up vs Useful Appraisal - June
It's Art, but it is Jewelry? - July
Diamonds Wear Coats of Many Colors - August
DANGER! eBay Jewelry "Bargains" - September
TV Shopping for Jewelry - October
Enhanced Emeralds — Clever Coverup - November
How do you like your rubies —
leaded or unleaded? - Decenber
2006
The New Platinum: A Story of Alloys - January
Ruby Ruse - February
How Big are Diamonds Anyway? - March
GIA Diamond Scandal
Has Silver Lining for Insurers - April
Watch Out for Big-Box Retailers
Insurance Appraisals - May
Mixing It Up: Natural and Synthetic
Diamonds Together - June
Tanzanite - Warning: Fragile - July
Red Diamomds - August
Inflated Valuations & Questionable Certificates - September
Emeralds - October
Where Do Real Diamonds Come From? - November
Counterfeit Watches — The Mushroom War - December
2005
The Lure of Colored
Diamonds - January
Synthetic Colored
Diamonds - February
Watches: What
to Watch for - March
When is a Pear
not a Pair? - April
The Truth About
Topaz - May
White Gold: How
White is White? - June
One of a Kind
— or Not - July
Jewelry in Disguise - August
Valued Contract
for Jewelry? Proceed with Caution! - September
Antiques, Replicas
and All Their Cousins
October
Grading the Color
of Colored Diamonds
November
New GIA Cut Grade
for Diamonds - December
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Synthetic Diamonds
— and Insuring Tips - January
Bogus Appraisals
and Fraud - February
A Picture is
Worth Thousands of Dollars - March
Don't be Duped
by Fracture Filling - April
Gem Scams Point
to Need for Change - May
What is a Good
Appraisal - June
4Cs of Color
Gemstones - July
Gem Laser Drilling:
The Next Generation - August
Why Update an
Appraisal? - September
When to Recommend
an Appraisal Update or a Second Appraisal - October
Secrets of Sapphire - November
Will the Real
Ruby Please Stand Up - December
Mysterious Orient:
A Tale of Loss - January
Bogus Diamond
Certificates and Appraisals - February
Can Valuations
be Trusted? - March
Spotting a Bogus
Appraisal or Certificate - April
Counterfeit Diamond
Certificates - May
Case of the Mysterious
"Rare" Sapphires - June
Politically Correct
Diamonds - July
Name Brand Diamonds - September
Princess Cut:
Black Sheep of Diamonds - October
Reincarnate as
a Diamond - November
Synthetic Diamonds - December
2002
Irradiated Mail/Irradiated
Gems - January
Fake Diamonds
(Moissonite) - February
GIA Diamond Report - March
AGS and Other
Diamond Certificates - April
Colored Stone
Certificates - May
Damaged Jewelry:
Don't Pay for Nature's Mistakes - June
The Case of the
"Self-Healing" Emerald - July
Mysterious Disappearance:
Case of the Missing Opals - August
The Discount
Mirage - September
What Can You
Learn from Salvage? - October
Gaining from
Partial Loss - November
Year in Review - December
2001
Colored Diamonds - January
Good as Gold - February
Disclose Gem
Treatments - March
FTC Jewelry Guidelines - April
Myths Part I:
Each Piece is Unique - May
Myths Part II:
Myths, Lies, & Half-Truths - June
New Trend: Old
Cut Stones - October
The Appraisal
Process - November
Year in Review - December
Deceptive Pricing - January
Gems - Natural
or Manmade - February
Jeweler/Appraisal
Credentials - March
Fracture Filling - April
Salvage Jewelery - May
Gem Treatments - June
Don't Ask/Don't
Tell - A Buying Nightmare - July
Laser Drilling
of Diamonds - August
Jeweler Ethics
or the Lack Thereof - September
Gem Scam - October
The Truth about
Clarity Grading - November
Year in Review - December |
