Scenes from JCK 2007

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Wednesday and Thursday of JCK featured educational sessions on several different tracks.Al Gilberston of GIA presented a phenomenal overview of the “American Cut” (what has become known as the “Ideal Cut”).

 

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Part of Mr. Gilbertson’s talk mentioned the first recorded ray-tracing diagram - from 1903!We’ll cover much more of this insightful presentation later on.

 

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Peter Yantzer gave a workshop that reinforced AGSL research and development in light performance, with a sneak preview of their forthcoming scintillation metric:There are very exciting developments to share.Pricescopers will appreciate the due diligence AGSL is putting into these studies…and what’s been released so far will thrill, delight and excite you.

 

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A few Pricescope comrades gather for a bite of lunch:Garry Holloway, Debi Wexler, John Pollard and Lieve Peters.

 

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Wink Jones and Paul Slegers.

 

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Last year this writer was chastised for overlooking some finger blingers

… So this year I snapped some hand shots at lunch.Here is Lieve’s buffet of beauty.

 

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And the left hand of Debi Wexler, CEO of Whiteflash.

 

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Anyone care to guess carat, color and clarity?

 

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Thursday afternoon Rob Bates of JCK covered the current “Top Five Hot Diamond Topics.”More on this later.

 

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Many Pricescopers will be delighted to see this photo of colored gemstone cutter Richard Homer.A friend to all of us, and bringer of great joy to many of you!

 

[Lorelei]

Cooee Sir John! Thought I would keep you company again this year too!

 

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On the way to dinner with friends...

 

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Dinner at “Japonais” in the lobby of the Mirage hotel.

 

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We had a family style dinner. 'Twas much ado about fishy thingys.Also, a very cool brick trick; they provided this 400 degree rock to place thin slices of NY strip on... Sizzle... Mmmmm...

 

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Wednesday was filled with great information and fun reunions. Several of us finished the day thinking of you wonderful people on PS…And our loved ones at home of course.

...More tomorrow.

 

[JohnQuixote]

Date: 6/1/2007 5:01:23 AM
Author: Lorelei

Cooee Sir John! Thought I would keep you company again this year too!

You know that I love tradition Miss Lorelei.

It''s 2 bells though, so I''m to bed. More later... Always a pleasure m''lady.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 6/1/2007 5:11:17 AM
Author: JohnQuixote

Date: 6/1/2007 5:01:23 AM
Author: Lorelei

Cooee Sir John! Thought I would keep you company again this year too!

You know that I love tradition Miss Lorelei.

It''s 2 bells though, so I''m to bed. More later... Always a pleasure m''lady.

It has indeed become a tradition for us now! Sweet dreams Sir John

 

[Ellen]

Thanks for the pics John.

No idea on the "rock", except, big.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 6/1/2007 7:14:49 AM
Author: Ellen
Thanks for the pics John.

No idea on the ''rock'', except, big.

I am thinking at least 5 carats....YUMMO whatever it is and ICY WHITE!

 

[Ellen]

Date: 6/1/2007 7:20:04 AM
Author: Lorelei

Date: 6/1/2007 7:14:49 AM
Author: Ellen
Thanks for the pics John.

No idea on the ''rock'', except, big.

I am thinking at least 5 carats....YUMMO whatever it is and ICY WHITE!

LOL!

If I''d HAD to guess, it would have been 4+. It''s just so hard to tell by pics, and not knowing finger size.... But yeah, it''s huge.

 

[pyramid]

It''s great to see you all having fun

 

[Kaleigh]

Thanks for sharing these pics!! Can''t wait to hear all about it!!

 

[risingsun]

Thanks for keeping us in the loupe...I''m so funny, I have to laugh at myself

Don''t tease with Debi''s gorgeous rings.
Tell us the specs

 

[Paul-Antwerp]

What surprised me in the educational sessions was the positive attitude of many present retailers (mainly B&M) to adapt to a changed world, to embrace the Internet, to want to know the need of their consumers and to become truly competitive. This attitude was totally different from the ''so-what-attitude'' of the past years.

If I read this correctly, you can expect many B&M''s to finally become the educated professionals that are ready to give you the service that you deserve. It might lead to true competition for the vendors here, which might spring up in your own backyard.

If this materializes, it will be a fantastic development, not only for the consumers, but also for the suppliers and vendors involved in the high cut-quality-market, because it will greatly increase the availability and the total turnover of the high cut-quality. In other words, our nich will grow, and everyone involved will benefit from this.

To me, this was the most important message from the educational sessions, of course on par with the new cut-research of AGS.

Live long,

 

[Regular Guy]

Paul (and all),

Thanks for writing. Encouraging to hear.

Not sure how to say this...but by way of example then especially...pleasant to see your collaboration...while still understanding you are competitors.

Consistent with this...inasmuch as the talk is scintillation...it would be good to see the ways you are able to learn from each other...since...with the general language to describe this being in place for some time...it is not surprising to see different efforts towards research...including AGS, Sergey and the DC team, and the makers of GEMEX. How nice if diverse efforts could be compared and learned from, in the spirit of collaboration...while appreciating your individuated positions.

Warm regards,

 

[JohnQuixote]

I think Paul is right on target, above. I wrote my posts earlier so please forgive if some of what I''ve written overlaps his comments.

 

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Ellen, Lorelei & RisingSun - Debi''s hand is petite so it''s actually not as big as you might think from the photos. It''s a mere 3.2 carats. You may be surprised to know it''s an I color. It''s a wonderful example of an I that faces up extremely well.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 6/1/2007 4:53:13 AM
Author: JohnQuixote

Peter Yantzer gave a workshop that reinforced AGSL research and development in light performance, with a sneak preview of their forthcoming scintillation metric:There are very exciting developments to share.Pricescopers will appreciate the due diligence AGSL is putting into these studies…and what’s been released so far will thrill, delight and excite you.

okay john, in the background here is a poster of a claude T ring, you know the ones with the "scintillaton chambers" or wells or whatever we wish to call them.... like the one being made for my stone.... was that brought up? I know I said the "s" (scintillation) word, but could you at least give a morsel about what he may have said about the ring? I''m curious to compare asets of my stone before/after setting to see if there is any discernable difference.

 

[Harriet]

Date: 6/1/2007 4:39:24 PM
Author: JohnQuixote
Ellen, Lorelei & RisingSun - Debi''s hand is petite so it''s actually not as big as you might think from the photos. It''s a mere 3.2 carats. You may be surprised to know it''s an I color. It''s a wonderful example of an I that faces up extremely well.

John,
Is it an ACA?