AZGem Gems
October, 2004
The World's Most Useful
Gem & Jewelry Monthly Newsletter
Written by Carolyn Doyle for customers of
The Dorado Company
and other visitors to the azgem.com website who subscribe.
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Usable Gems... and a little opinion.
Quartz Gems Family
The quartz gems family continuously generates interest and
questions among those who appreciate custom jewelry.
And for good reasons. Quartz gems include some of the
prettiest gems available.
Quartz gems boast other qualities that make them popular
as jewelry stones:
- Quartz is a relatively hard gem and is therefore suitable
for jewelry.
- Quartz gems occur in facet
quality in a number of locations around the world.
- An adequate supply exists in the market.
- For these reasons quartz gems are very affordable.
Quartz gems most famous member
of the family is is the royal purple variety known as amethyst.
Amethyst is one of the five most popular gems, and is the
February birthstone.
We offer amethyst gems in our 7
mm stud earrings.
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Special Offer
For a limited time we are
selling our American made 7 mm Gemstone Studs at a great low price... You
can get two sets
for only $99.00!
That's less than half
price for these beautiful, natural gemstone and 14 Kt. gold studs.
They make fantastic gifts!
We have all six varieties in
stock. Order now while the selection is good. Just follow this
link to the order page.
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 Citrine
is another member of the quartz family with its own distinctive name. The name
comes from the French word for yellow. Citrine is often used as a November
birthstone.
We offer citrine gems in our 7
mm stud earrings.
Ametrine is the third member of the quartz gems
family to have a variety name.
Ametrine is amethyst on one end... and citrine on the
other end.
This unique gem makes an unusual piece of jewelry.
 Quartz
gems also occur in many other colors. Most of these
colors are somewhat rare, and often very beautiful.
As a group these other colors are known as fancy colored
quartz gems.
Individually they are known by their color. For instance...
green quartz.
When green quartz displays a gold-green color, it's known
as oro-verde quartz.
We offer oro-verde gems in our 7
mm stud earrings.
 Rose
quartz is only semi transparent, and therefore is rarely faceted. Rose quartz is
most often used in carvings, beads and cabochons.
Rose pink quartz cabs make great jewelry
stones. This material also occurs in a soft pink color.
Smoky quartz can also be used to make striking jewelry.
This brown member of the quartz family comes in a variety of tints and
saturations.
 And then there is white quartz. When faceted, this
gem displays all of the mystery of its big sister... the crystal ball.
Rutilated quartz is another striking member of this gem
family. It lends itself well to unique custom jewelry. Here's a photo
of my personal rutilated quartz pendant.
 Rutilated quartz displays golden needles of the mineral
rutile in a crystal clear quartz body.
Quartz with tourmaline is similar to rutilated quartz. It contains dark,
needle-like tourmaline crystals in quartz.
Red quartz in facet grade is a very rare variation on
amethyst that has been found in the Four Peaks amethyst mine in Arizona.
Facet grade blue quartz is synthetic. The only natural
blue quartz is opaque to translucent.
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Industry News...
The average consumer plans to spend
$702.03 on the holidays, up 4.5% over last year, according to the findings of a
National Retail Federation (NRF) survey. Total holiday spending this year is
estimated to reach $219.9 billion.
A total of 22.6% of those surveyed said they wanted
jewelry for the holidays, according to NRF 2004 Holiday Consumer Intentions
and Actions Survey conducted by BIGresearch for NRF. Its findings were
released Wednesday.
Books, CDs, DVDs, videos, and video games held the highest
ranking, with 53.1% of consumers hoping to receive something in that category.
Clothing and clothing accessories also continue to rank high with shoppers at
50.6%. More than half of consumers (50.2%) want to receive a gift card. Other
items on consumers' wish lists include consumer electronics (32.6%) and home décor
(21.3%).
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Jewelry
Dealers
The holidays are coming!
Are you making up new pieces of jewelry to rebuild and
upgrade your inventory? Now is a good time to work at
this fun and vital task.
We have hundreds of gems in a wide range of gem species,
colors, and sizes.
Most of our stock is in sizes suitable for rings,
pendants, and earrings.
Send me an email for information on gems that interest
you.
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Dealers Program
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Dealers Program.
Carolyn Doyle
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