Illuminations: Earth to Jewel

Crevoshay in Paris, Nov. 9, 2016 to Feb. 1, 2017

From August 18 to 30, Sotheby's will offer its first online jewelry sale, featuring thirty-two jewels by Tony Duquette.

Our friend Eloïse Gaillou, Associate Curator of Musée de minéralogie MINES ParisTech, tipped us off regarding an upcoming exhibit at the museum, which is located a stone's throw from the Sorbonne. Master jewelry artist Paula Crevoshay presents "Illuminations: Earth to Jewel," which pairs her own creations with gem crystal specimens from the museum's holdings.
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Pork Belly "To Go" on Sunday

San Franciscans and visitors have but three more days to catch the "Priceless Pork Belly" on view at the Asian Art Museum. The "meat-shaped stone" is part of "Emperors' Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei."
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Pala's Featured Stones

San Diego's Very Own Fall Harvest

As San Diego cools down we turn our eyes to rapidly approaching Autumn—and we are very inspired by the tones of these exquisite San Diego County bi-color tourmalines.
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Maw Sit Sit Masquerade

In September 2015, the Hong Kong Jewelery and Gem Fair saw a healthy amount of green stone sold to dealers as Maw Sit Sit, but hailing from a new deposit not in Burma, its only known locality.
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Sapphire at Sotheby's

Sapphire is September's birthstone, and upcoming sales at Sotheby's celebrate the stone in style.
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U.S. to terminate the 'National Emergency' for Myanmar

That's today's headline on the Mizzima News website. As we've noted before, the years—decades—of sanctions against Burma were warranted by the "National Emergency with respect to Burma." The emergency was ended yesterday by President Obama after he met in Washington with Aung San Suu Kyi.
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