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Hope Is the Thing With No Fetters; Sans Setting, Smithsonian Diamond Bares Its Beauty
The Washington Post; 9/24/2009; 717 words; The famous blue stone now stands alone...The famous blue gem now rests on a discreet...Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals at the...The 45.52-carat gem, which was donated...by Harry Winston Inc., has been one of...the curator of the gem and mineral collection...India, it was sold to ...

UW student discovers precious gemstone; Alexander the Great carving.(News)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 9/16/2009; 1068 words; ...signet ring, the stone was found in the...that the Greek king may have been...fact that the stone was found during...similarly engraved stones that were found...three dozen carved stones with his image...323 B.C. The gem is priceless...referring to the stone's tiny ...

A New Look For The Hope Diamond
NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 8/23/2009; 876 words; ...temporarily reset the stone in a new design...with the museum's gem curator, Jeffrey...Dr. JEFFREY POST (Gem Curator, National...have a great national gem collection. And Harry...we don't have a king and queen, but we...curator of the National Gems and Mineral Collection...National ...

Beyond Brilliance.(Feature)
Modern Jeweler; 6/1/2008; 3372 words; ...PREVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED GEMS What is the fastest...are isolating flat stones, die stones, attractive...marketable rough stones from formerly unusable...who gave these stones away a decade ago...Vinod Kotahwala, Inc., a New York fancy...or to the way that kings and maharajahs ...

Big gems, new cuts, new metals popular\
Post-Tribune (IN); 2/3/2008; 534 words; ...antique styles, and larger stones are gracing the engagement ring...While the round cut remains king and the princess cut a close...Binder of Martin Binder Jewelers Inc. of Valparaiso said people...are doing a lot more with side stones," Binder said. The two agree stone size for a first ...