Diamond and Jewelry
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Wink_Jones

Wink Jones

Wink Jones of Winfield's, has been in the jewelry business since early 1970 when he bought his first gemstone, an amethyst, for a girlfriend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Within days he was buying and selling gems, and his life long love affair and study of gems was started.Wink graduated from the Gemological Insti...

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Karl_K

Karl K

Diamond designer. First production design: Octavia. Long time poster on Pricescope also known as storm (strmrdr). http://www.stormsplace.com

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Jeff_Averbook

Jeff Averbook

Jeff Averbook is a 30 year jewelry industry professional and the owner of Metro Jewelry Appraisers in Medford, Massachusetts, a large community five miles north of Boston near Harvard, Tufts, and MIT.Jeff was the General Manager of two family owned retail jewelry stores in the Greater Boston area in the ”˜80”™s....

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John Pollard

John Pollard is Senior Director of Education for IGI, overseeing and expanding the institute’s traditional educational offerings and diploma programs instructed at 14 schools of gemology around the world, along with customized courses, tutorials, and seminars for IGI clients across all sectors, including leading lux...

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Bruce Harding

Amateur gem cutter - EFMLS Lapidary Award 1975.Mechanical design engineer/mathematician. Completed all GIA & GAGB gemological courses 1974-80. Author: "Faceting Limits", Gems & Gemology, 1975, and "Diamond Design Revisited", now at Octonus website. Presenter at Diamond Cut Conference, Mos...

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Johnny_S._Thompson

Johnny S. Thompson

We have jam every other day. We had jam yesterday, we'll have jam tomorrow, but we never have jam today. - Louis Caroll

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Bill Bray

Bill is a diamond cutter with thirty years of experience. He was formally trained in the only accredited trade school at the time, the American School of Diamond Cutting. He was one of only a few who completed the three one year courses. He is a college graduate and has launched his W.R.Bray Cut Scoring System for M...

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Peter_Yantzer

Peter Yantzer

Executive Director, AGS Laboratories and Gemological Sciences

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