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Episode 221 Part 2: Suzanne Martinez's Tips for Finding the Best Quality Antique Jewelry

Jewelry Journey Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 21:23

What you'll learn in this episode: How to use Antique Jewelry University to identify maker's marks and find out when your jewelry was made. Why access to more (and better) information has made interest in antique jewelry explode. What characteristics Suzanne looks for when evaluating antique jewelry. Why buyers should beware of lab-grown diamonds in vintage jewelry. Why modern diamonds and manufacturing techniques can't compare to the materials and skills used by jewelers in the past. About Suzanne Martinez Suzanne Martinez is the co-owner of Lang Antiques, a San Francisco-based shop that offers the largest collection of fine vintage engagement rings and antique jewels to be found under one roof. She is a highly credentialed senior gemologist, jewelry appraiser, jewelry historian and the curator for Lang's collection. She actively buys from sellers all over the world. Suzanne is also the founder of Lang's Antique Jewelry University. Suzanne started collecting rocks and minerals as a child, and by the time she was 13 knew that the jewelry world was her passion. For fun she makes enameled jewelry and studies natural history and Latin American cultural anthropology. Images courtesy of Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry available on TheJewelryJourney.com Additional resources: Website Suzanne's LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Antique Jewelry University Lang Antique and Estate Jewelry is the prime destination for vintage jewelry lovers, but you don't have to be in San Francisco to take advantage of the store's services. Lang ships jewelry globally and offers Antique Jewelry University, a completely free online guide to maker's marks and jewelry history. Jewelry historian and Lang co-owner Suzanne Martinez joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about how Lang curates its huge collection of antique engagement rings; the history of Antique Jewelry University; and what she looks for when evaluating an antique piece. Read the episode transcript here. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey, exploring the hidden world of art around you. Because every piece of art has a story, and jewelry is no exception. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com. Today, we're talking with Suzanne Martinez of Lang Antiques in San Francisco. Welcome back. Do you manufacture yourselves? Does Lang manufacture? Suzanne: We have what we call our Lange line. Sometimes a piece of jewelry will come in and it's worn out. It doesn't have another livelihood, so we can't guarantee it to a customer. I'm talking about a ring in particular. We have, probably for more than 20 years, been making hand-fabricated rings that are in the style of or influenced by a real ring design. They're very similar to the older pieces, and we hand fabricate them. In the last few years, we've had a greater demand. People don't want to pay for the cost of having a ring hand fabricated like the originals. It's very expensive when a mounting costs more than the diamond you're setting in it, and that's not unusual. So, we have done some work with partners that do CAD that have helped us create our designs in CAD, but we do very little of that. 90% of what we do, if we're going to take an old stone and remake a ring out of it, is hand fabricated. We try and stick to the tenets of the old jewelry that we sell. Sharon: Do people come in and say, “Can you repolish this stone?” Maybe they have an old ring, a vintage ring, and the stone is beat up but they want it repolished. Suzanne: That's a really good question. The stones that get beat up are things that are not a diamond. You have to be pretty hard on a diamond to beat it up or to chip it. But sapphires, if they've been worn for 15, 20 years even, they're going to have some abrasions on them. When we buy a piece of jewelry, that's one of the things we do. We will remove those stones and repolish them before we resell them. But as far as a customer coming in with their own personal collection, we don't have an in-house lapidary, so we don't do that. There are people that specialize in and help people refurbish like that, but it's not something we offer because we don't do it in-house. Sharon: Was your business affected by COVID? Suzanne: It was actually positively affected. I think people had more time. We know they had more time at home, and I think people did a lot more screen time. We had a lot more visitors to our website, and people got very excited about antique jewelry, especially colored stones and things they could wear on a Zoom call so people could see their jewelry, like a pair of earrings or a pendant. Business increased because of that, which was very good. I think the awareness grew. People found out about antique jewelry more. Look at Instagram. Instagram is different than it was three years ago, but there were a lot of people spending a lot of time on Instagram and other social media and just watching, because it's eye candy. People come to our website for the same reason. Who doesn't like to look at beautiful jewelry? I just told this story to a customer that came in yesterday. It just came to mind. We used to keep our jewelry in our window. We used to have probably a thousand pieces in the window, tons of jewelry just packed in. I'd watch people walk by. They'd stop in the window, and then they'd walk away with a big smile on their face because jewelry makes people happy. It's beautiful. I think people gained an appreciation during that time period. Sharon: Did you see an increase in sales because people didn't have things to spend the money on? Suzanne: Well, they weren't traveling. They weren't going out to eat, so they were buying jewelry. We were lucky because part of our business is an e-commerce business, and it's something we've done for a long time. I think some of the jewelers that didn't have that ability to interact with their clients in the same way probably didn't gain from it. But it was good for our business. Sharon: When you had a thousand pieces or a lot of jewelry in the window, did you take it out every night? Suzanne: Oh yeah, every single piece. We had our windows designed so they were modular, so you could take a whole tray of jewelry out and put it on carts and take it to our walls to sell it. We made it work because if you had to take out one at a time, that would take you another couple of hours. Sharon: Do you have local people, people in San Francisco or in Northern California, who come to the store just to look at the window or to look and see what's new? Suzanne: It's really interesting, because when people come into our store, they're either going to have an appointment or we're a destination. They know who we are before they come. They might be coming to see what's new. They might be coming because they have a particular piece of jewelry they want to look at, and sometimes it's just part of their trip to San Francisco. They always come to Lang. Sharon: Do you sell things besides rings, or is it all rings or mostly rings? Suzanne: No, I would say rings are probably half of what we sell, colored stone and diamond rings, then all other kinds of jewelry. People wear brooches still, believe it or not. We sell a lot of pins and brooches. You don't see people wearing them as much, but we're bringing that back. We like them. They're beautiful, small forms of art, you know? Sharon: I was intrigued because you used the word collectors. I looked at the store and it was all rings. As I was scrolling through, it seemed like one on every two pages was something that wasn't a ring. Suzanne: Well, you have to filter, just like any website you're on. We have filters set up so that you can choose how you look at different jewelry. If you want to look at rings, if you want to dive in and just look at sapphire rings, if you want to look at Art Deco sapphire rings, you can do all of those things. You can look at all of our jewelry in one page, which is a few thousand pieces that are online. That's kind of an ominous task. So, filtering is a good way to use our website to find what you're looking for, or just to look. Like I said, it's eye candy. Sharon: How often do you get things that might not be a ring that you would put on the website or people come to the store to see? Suzanne: If you watch our What's New page, you'll see that we sell more things and post more things that are not rings. Rings are maybe 30 to 40% of what we put on our website. There are pendants, earrings, brooches, necklaces, a little bit of everything. Sharon: In reading the description of your store, that it's world renowned, it seems like you have everything related to vintage engagement rings or vintage rings. Suzanne: That is what we're known for. We have over 800 diamond rings. That's a large collection of vintage diamond rings. We've curated our collection very carefully over the years. People buy from Lang because all of our rings have been fully restored. For example, the prongs are not worn down anymore. We will replace and put new prongs on the ring. If the diamond has a small chip, we remove the diamond and we'll repair the chip before we put it back in. All of our diamonds of one carat or larger, we send to the GIA for a lab report. We do a lot of work to make sure that the ring we're selling has all the necessary information for a customer to make a decision on whether they want to buy it. When you look at an antique diamond, it has a different kind of beauty than a modern round brilliant. Most antique diamonds have a little bit of color to them. They are a J or a K color very commonly, and you have to kind of throw out the standard of the modern round brilliant-cut because you can't compare them. An old diamond has a different way of reacting with light. It breaks the light up into spectral colors more. It's just a playful, beautiful diamond, so it doesn't look like every other round brilliant-cut diamond. Each one is hand cut and unique. To me, that's a starting point of what makes an antique ring so special. Then you get the way that the ring is manufactured. They're hand fabricated, and die striking is a very high-quality way of making a ring. It started because platinum was an expensive metal in the past. Now its price per ounce is less than gold. It's still harder to work in, but it was always the most expensive metal. It was always 10 times the cost of gold. Because of this, up until 1920, there were no white metals other than silver. White gold hadn't been patented. It was patented probably in 1918, 1919, but it didn't get into manufacturing techniques until 1920. If you see somebody that says it's a Victorian piece of jewelry and it's white gold, that is the wrong description. There is no way. There was no white gold manufacturing in the 19th century. 1920 is the demarcating line. After that, they were able to offer white metal jewelry, which was popular in Art Deco, black and white jewelry. This could be offered to people because they were die striking white gold instead of hand fabricating platinum. It still was a high-quality product, but they were using the less expensive white gold versus the platinum. It also justified using a quarter carat diamond, whereas to hand fabricate a platinum ring with a quarter carat, you don't see that. Well, of what survived. That would be a rarity, to see something under a half carat. Sharon: Do you have to explain this to a couple that comes in looking for a ring with a modern diamond that was a third of the price or half the price? Suzanne: Usually, people that are already interested in vintage and antique, older rings, they're coming for a different reason. They've already decided this is what they want. They're not saying, “Well, why shouldn't I buy a round brilliant-cut diamond?” But we answer all their questions, and not everybody needs to do a deep dive. If you're someone who has no background in the jewelry business, to tell them about 1920 and die striking and all that, that may be a little too much information for them. We have it and we're there to give it to them, but we let the customer guide their own journey and ask the questions. We find it's a lot easier for them to manage. Does that make sense? Sharon: Yeah. Suzanne: And just to clarify another thing, the man doesn't come in and buy the ring that often. The man and the woman come in together. It's very common for that. And we have women coming in together and men coming in together. We have all kinds of couples that are buying antique and vintage jewelry. Sharon: I know how detailed it can be to look at a vintage and everything you're talking about. I can see myself saying, “Enough already. That's all I need to know.” So, you're a jewelry historian. The Antique Jewelry University was already somewhat started by Christie Romero, but what motivated you to continue to develop it into such an in-depth resource? Suzanne: Something that I have always done for myself personally, for my staff, with the GIA alumni, it's all continuing education. Whenever I go to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, I go to as many educational presentations as possible. I've been involved with the GIA Alumni for over 30 years. We bring speakers to our local chapter and continue their education and elevate people so they know more. There are so many topics as far as jewelry is concerned that it's just fascinating. You have gem cutters, you have people that manufacture, you have jewelers. What's your design process? There are so many ways to learn. We have miners that come and speak to us and talk about their journey into the earth and how they extract certain kinds of gems. That's just barely scratching the surface. Continuing education is so important to me personally. In order for me to buy jewelry and understand it, I had to learn. How is anyone else going to understand my process so they are confident to buy from Lang? It's all part and parcel. It's all education. Someone comes in and, like you said, we do educate them to the degree that they want to be educated. All this information is free. Antique Jewelry University, we've never charged for it. We have more than one full-time staff person working on AJU every day. It's something that we do to give back to our community. It's very important to me. Sharon: How do you promote it? How do you let people know about it? Jewelry organizations I've been in, we know about it, but how do you let the larger world know it's available? Suzanne: It's kind of an organic process. We share it with our customers in every way we can. I usually speak at least once a year. I'll speak somewhere, or I will go to a conference and set up a table. My partner in doing this is Starla Turner. We have a table, we'll bring different rings, we'll have a card on each ring and say, “Here's a loupe. Look at it, and this is what you're going to look for.” Then we have Antique Jewelry University running on a computer, and we have a big poster. We want people to know about it, but most of the people that use it are in the trade. How do you educate somebody as to what they are buying? Is it authentic? That is a hard thing to do with the public because they don't have the basic knowledge to start with. So, Antique Jewelry University has many levels. You could be a novice and you just want to come in and find out when a piece was made. My grandmother gave me a locket. When do you think that locket was made? There's a place for you to find out that information. Then if you want to dive a little deeper, you can. What's the history of lockets? Or someone who is a historian themselves, they might want to add to the knowledge they have, or share with us the knowledge they have to help us create a deeper knowledge base on a particular topic. Think of it as tiered information. We have people come to us, whether they're shopping on our website, or they've found out about us through Instagram or Facebook or Pinterest and they want to find out more information, they go to Antique Jewelry University. Sharon: Could I come to your store and have your staff look at a piece of jewelry and tell me what they think it is? Suzanne: Absolutely. That's half the fun of coming to Lang. You get to really look at these pieces. It's kind of like a museum. You get to look at pieces and they're for sale. You can touch them. You can have someone tell you about them. It's fun. It's really fun. Sharon: Why did you continue it after Christie passed away? Suzanne: Christie just did the timeline. That's what she started. I did the glossary of terms, and she gifted that to us before she died. We included that. I had already started the glossary. I met Christie. The two of us became friends. I call her one of my people. This is why you go to jewelry shows. This is why you go to gem shows. These are your people that understand and have the same passion that you do. She was very passionate. I was really grateful that she was in my life and that we had this part of our journey together. Sharon: And you just continued adding to it when she wasn't available to do it. Suzanne: Yeah. Christie passed about 20 years ago. We've been adding content to Antique Jewelry University since the day we started. I think it launched in 2020ish. That's when we launched the website. Sharon: Did you ever think it would be such a resource or so big? Suzanne: Oh, no. It just kind of unfolded. At first it was just, how do you share a library? Let's just add some things so that people have a resource to find out about what they're buying. It was more for our customers. Then we realized there's a huge community out there, whether they're customers or not, and we all benefit from each other. We're a community of people, and everyone that works at Lang is passionate about jewelry. I have gemologists on staff that are just—my friend Starla I was talking about, she's a black belt gemologist. We have Mary, who is an incredible historian that continues to write articles for Antique Jewelry University. The head of our marketing is Nicole Corsini, and she's a gemologist as well as, if you pick up the phone and want to talk to her about a piece of jewelry that you're interested in buying, she will tell you everything about it because she's got the history. She understands marketing and how to present information to you. Everybody has something that they are special in as well as the passion. When you shop at Lang, you're shopping with passionate people that just love what they do. I'm very, very blessed to have all these people. It's a really special organization. Sharon: It seems like it. I didn't know it was so extensive. I knew of Lang and the Antique Jewelry University, but I didn't realize it was so in-depth and extensive. Suzanne, thank you for being here today. We really enjoyed it. We learned a lot. thank you very much. Suzanne: It was my pleasure. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you, Sharon. Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out. Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.

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Episode 221 Part 1: Suzanne Martinez's Tips for Finding the Best Quality Antique Jewelry

Jewelry Journey Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 23:38

What you'll learn in this episode: How to use Antique Jewelry University to identify maker's marks and find out when your jewelry was made. Why access to more (and better) information has made interest in antique jewelry explode. What characteristics Suzanne looks for when evaluating antique jewelry. Why buyers should beware of lab-grown diamonds in vintage jewelry. Why modern diamonds and manufacturing techniques can't compare to the materials and skills used by jewelers in the past. About Suzanne Martinez Suzanne Martinez is the co-owner of Lang Antiques, a San Francisco-based shop that offers the largest collection of fine vintage engagement rings and antique jewels to be found under one roof. She is a highly credentialed senior gemologist, jewelry appraiser, jewelry historian and the curator for Lang's collection. She actively buys from sellers all over the world. Suzanne is also the founder of Lang's Antique Jewelry University. Suzanne started collecting rocks and minerals as a child, and by the time she was 13 knew that the jewelry world was her passion. For fun she makes enameled jewelry and studies natural history and Latin American cultural anthropology. Images courtesy of Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry available on TheJewelryJourney.com Additional resources: Website Suzanne's LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Antique Jewelry University Lang Antique and Estate Jewelry is the prime destination for vintage jewelry lovers, but you don't have to be in San Francisco to take advantage of the store's services. Lang ships jewelry globally and offers Antique Jewelry University, a completely free online guide to maker's marks and jewelry history. Jewelry historian and Lang co-owner Suzanne Martinez joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about how Lang curates its huge collection of antique engagement rings; the history of Antique Jewelry University; and what she looks for when evaluating an antique piece. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the first part of a two-part episode. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it's released later this week. Today, we're talking with Suzanne Martinez of Lang Antiques in San Francisco. I should say that's where the brick and mortar is, but they sell all over the world. Lang Antiques is the country's, if not the world's, largest purveyor of vintage engagement rings. They have an unparalleled collection. Suzanne herself is a jewelry historian, among other things. Lang Antiques has developed an online Antique Jewelry University. Researchers from all over the world use this as a resource to research the history of a piece of jewelry. If you're interested in jewelry, then this makes a very good read. I was looking at it last night again, and I didn't have any piece of jewelry in mind, but it was very interesting to read. I've heard Suzanne give a talk at ASJRA, another major jewelry organization, and I've heard Suzanne give talks identifying a piece of jewelry, and she goes into tremendous detail. There's no way that you could not look at a piece of jewelry and know what you should be looking for. She'll tell us more about Antique Jewelry University. She'll also tell us how over the years, the store has become world renowned. They have done this by developing an unparalleled collection of jewelry, a reputation for professional expertise, and the longevity of this jewelry store. Suzanne, welcome to the program. Suzanne: I'm happy to be here. Good morning. Sharon: Can you tell us where the Lang in Lang Antiques and Estate Jewelry comes from? Suzanne: We bought the store from Jarmilla Lang in 1991. She was the original owner of the store and a jewelry historian herself way before her time. She had worked in Europe in museums, so she had this breadth of knowledge of decorative arts and jewelry that she brought to San Francisco with her when she opened this store. Sharon: Wow. There aren't any certificates as a jewelry historian. It's just knowledge, right? Knowledge and other people saying, “Well, you're a jewelry historian.” I presume you're a gemologist also. You look at so many rings. That's very interesting. What do you say to those who would never buy a piece of jewelry online because they have to feel it and see it and all of that? Suzanne: Like you said, I am a gemologist and I have been for 45 years. Part of the gemological training is learning how to be forensic with what you're looking at. Whether it's a gemstone or a piece of jewelry, if you are buying from someone who is knowledgeable enough to understand what they're looking at and share that information with you, that gives a huge degree of trust. I think that's one thing that stands out for Lang. We have a really good understanding of whether it's a real piece of antique jewelry. How is it made? Why is this design important? Who else made this design popular over time and why? We like to give tidbits of history with every piece we sell. I do call myself a jewelry historian, but by no means do I know everything. I have a library. I haven't read every single book in my library. However, if a piece comes in and I look at it, I know which book to look for to find a reference about it. And there are many jewelry historians that I look up to. It's a community. Sharon: If I see a piece of jewelry on your website and I want to know more about it, or I want to know if I can trust this outfit If I don't know it, do I call you or send you the piece? Can you explain the process? Suzanne: If you want to know more about your own piece of jewelry, that's why we have Antique Jewelry University. It's a place where you can do your own research. We have a huge database of hallmarks because one thing that we probably get the most inquiries about is, “Who made this piece of jewelry? Here's the mark I have.” We refer them to this database we have because it's pretty impressive. Auction houses and appraisers and people all over use that database. Every piece of jewelry we have with a maker's mark, we do our best to research it. It's not always easy. It's not always possible. Then we photograph it, and we include it on our website. We try and add a little snippet about who the jeweler was, where they were located, and what years they did their manufacturing. You have to match when a piece was made because some there are false marks, too. If a piece of jewelry is marked 585, which is the percentage for 14-karat gold, it was not made in the 19th century. They didn't mark jewelry like that. There is that forensic bit, too. Hopefully we can help people down that path. We call it the jewelry journey. We do. It's finding out when their jewelry was made. If they want to find out more about a piece of jewelry we have on our website that they might be interested in buying, we invite inquiries. We talk to them over the phone or by email, whatever they're comfortable with, and try and satisfy all their questions about it and add information as well. Sharon: Did you develop the online Antique Jewelry University yourself? Suzanne: When we started our website, that was back in 1998. We were kind of early adapters. There were no e-commerce platforms at that time, so we developed our own e-commerce platform. By the early 2000s, we were actually selling online. When we launched our website, Antique Jewelry University was a 1000-word glossary. I had been collecting terms. Christie Romero was an incredible jewelry historian. She was here in Southern California, and she taught jewelry history. I don't remember which college it was down there, but she would put on symposiums and bring speakers in. Anyway, incredible woman. She started a glossary of terms and a timeline that, when she passed—unfortunately, she's no longer with us—she gifted to Antique Jewelry University. So, between her information and my glossary of terms, we started Antique Jewelry University and just built upon it. Sharon: Do you continue to build upon it if you see a new term or something you haven't included before? Suzanne: Absolutely. We are always researching. We have a woman who does a lot of our writing. Her name is Mary Borchert, and that is her job, just doing research. We have quite a library of reference books, so everything that we put on Antique Jewelry University is fully referenced. We notate that at the bottom of all our articles as well. We're not just copying it from somewhere else on the internet, which a lot of people do, and a lot of people copy Antique Jewelry University. That can be a compliment, but at the same time, we do all of our own work. Sharon: That's impressive, considering how in-depth it is. Just look at it online. Why do you think that the interest in antique jewelry has grown so much in the past few years? Suzanne: I think there's a lot of transparency. A lot of people are able to access information because of the advent of social media. Just think of all the people that are sharing their own personal information. We are on all the different social media channels as well, and I've seen them grow. If you have an interest in a particular type, like Art Nouveau jewelry, you can find Art Nouveau jewelers that have Instagram or Pinterest and look at beautiful jewelry and learn about it. In the past, when I started as a jeweler, if you didn't have a library, there was no place to go. You went to a museum, and that's where you found your information. Now I think it's a rich time for people to access information. I think we also visually see antique and vintage jewelry worn on the red carpet, at the Met Gala, and we see jewelry that is inspired by antique jewelry. You have famous houses. Everybody knows who Cartier is. You have the most beautiful antique Cartier jewelry, and then you have people that have copied it. That's a big tribute, but you don't always know if it's a Cartier or it isn't. That's why it's important who you buy it from. But at the same time, it's permeated everything, antique and vintage styles. Whether it's somebody creating something new with a nod to something vintage or it's truly vintage, I think it's just what people see today. It's massive. Sharon: Your selection of engagement rings is massive. Have you seen that grow in the past few years, the interest and the couples coming in and wanting to see your vintage only? Suzanne: Because that's what we specialize in—we specialize in antique diamonds, so our vintage and antique jewelry is why people come to buy from us. They understand that it's socially responsible, it's recycled. That's one of the reasons they buy it. They also want a little bit of history. They want something that no one else has, something very unique. They want something that has a beautiful design and is executed in a way that jewelry isn't executed today. You get a beautiful Edwardian jewel, no one can make a piece of jewelry like that in today's world. They just don't. The jewelry today is made on CAD. Very few jewelers are hand fabricators or can fabricate something that delicate. If you want the real deal, you're going to shop at a store like Lang. Sharon: What happens if you get a call from somebody outside of the U.S. or even on the other side of the U.S. that wants a piece? They want a vintage engagement ring, but they can't come to the store. What do you do? Suzanne: Actually, more of our customers are outside of our store and shop just online because we have jewelry that no one else has. Where are they going to find it if they don't find it from a store like Lang? We have a very large selection. It's not unusual for a customer to narrow their choice down to two or three. Sometimes we just send them all three and they can try them on in the comfort of their own home. They have a period of time which they can return them. We make it work. Sharon: I thought it was really interesting that you had that, the one, two, three. Maybe it's the person who writes about the antique jewelry. The one, two, three of what you look for to know more about a piece of jewelry. That was like first looking at the hallmarks. I looked at it last night but I don't remember what's next. Suzanne: For a private individual, when they're trying to identify their own jewelry, style is really important. But for an individual, if you have family history and you know that piece was your grandmother's, at least you have a date within which to start. If you're just out in the world and you identify a piece of jewelry that you love but you don't really know how old it is, that's a little more difficult. How do you know it doesn't match the type of manufacturing techniques that were done when, say, an Art Nouveau piece of jewelry was made, versus something that is made today in the Art Nouveau style? That is something that's a little harder. That's why you need to rely on an appraiser, someone to help you with that. But when I personally look at a piece of jewelry, how I select a piece of jewelry for our store, style is really important. Good design is always good design. Bad design is obvious, and it just doesn't make a great piece of jewelry. The techniques of manufacture have to be right. It has to be in excellent condition. There's a lot of things that I look at that go in the background, that not everybody sees when they look at a piece. They see a beautiful piece of jewelry when they're shopping, but the backstory is it has to be in excellent condition. It has to be correct. Lang is very careful about letting people know when, for example, cufflinks have been out of style for quite some time, and a lot of the cufflinks that were made circa 1900 to 1930 are small. They're very small. They're really too small for men to wear. Men don't wear them, and they're very delicate. What we do is convert them to earrings. We make the most beautiful earrings out of these cufflinks that otherwise would lose their livelihood, and we've been very successful with doing that. But we tell people these were converted from a pair of earrings, whether it's Art Nouveau or an Art Deco cuff link. Those are the kinds of things that if we make a change, we tell people about it. Sharon: If somebody wants to sell jewelry to you or to another place, let's say they take their family collection and show it to you, or they take it out of the safe deposit box and decide they want the jewelry to be out in the world, what do you say? Have you ever turned people away? Suzanne: Absolutely. What if something was made in the last 25 years and its value is gold? It's something that is mass produced and there's lots and lots of them made and it's not in style anymore. It deserves to be recycled into something more beautiful again. In all pieces, it's back to that design, quality, authenticity and condition. Those are the things that I look for. I wish I could say I could buy every single piece that comes through my door, but realistically we have a large collection. Let's say right now I have 30 hardstone cameos. If someone brought me a hardstone cameo today, I would have to make sure that it exceeded my current collection to add it to my collection, or it has to be something that I feel customers are buying right now. The market goes up and down. Retro is a little soft right now. I like it. It's beautiful. The designs are gorgeous, but I'm not adding to our retro collection because we have a pretty extensive retro collection right now. Those are the kinds of things where sometimes I will say no. But usually individual, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry, that's what we're looking for. Sharon: Can you recognize if something is one of a kind when it's presented to you? I know you think about things and what you have, but do you research the piece? Do you look at it under the microscope? Suzanne: Some pieces definitely need to be researched, but most pieces are jewelry where maybe more than one of them has been made. In our diamond ring collection, for example, during the 1920s and 1930s, a lot of those rings were die struck. They were made in a die and many of them were made, but very few survive. In all my years of buying and selling vintage engagement rings and antique engagement rings, maybe I've seen a handful that were the same as one I had already seen. That's because the piece may be struck on a die, but then its hand pierced, its hand finished. There may be a garland or small milgrain, or it may have small diamonds added to it and this one doesn't have diamonds added to it. Each one has a handprint of a person on it, the work master or the person that does the engraving or the setter. Each one has its own imprint, so they still tend to look one of a kind. But knowing the underlying structure of something is still one of the ways we determine when it was made. You know when you see a die struck ring, that's the period of time within which it was made. Sharon: Do people bring lab-grown diamonds in? I know they're not vintage, but do you ever see lab-grown diamonds? Suzanne: I think the secondary market for lab grown diamonds hasn't really hit yet because they've only been super popular in the marketplace for three years. That's about it. And their prices have already plummeted on the retail marketplace. It's not something we would ever buy because they're not old, but it is something that we have to be careful of, and I think people have to be careful of. I have heard of jewelers that are buying low quality synthetic diamonds. They're buying a round brilliant and they're recutting it to European standard because they have inclusions and might have some off color, then they're putting them in an old mounting. People that buy scrap end up with lots and lots of mountings, and sometimes they just resell them on the secondary market through dealers. So, here you have the possibility of someone setting a synthetic diamond recut as an antique diamond into an old mounting, so buyer beware. That's one of my dilemmas, too, that I have to be very careful about. I would never want to buy that. That's when the microscope comes in handy, and that's when we use outside laboratories like the Gemological Institute of America to check the stones before we buy them, just to make sure they are correct. In our laboratory, we don't have all the equipment necessary to confirm that it is 100% synthetic or not. We have separation techniques, but a larger laboratory is able to do a lot more than we can. Sharon: A lot of these lab-grown diamonds have inscriptions and numbers or something that identifies it. Do you look for anything like that? Suzanne: If the GIA has looked at that diamond, they always inscribe them. But a diamond cutter can polish that off in a matter of 10 minutes. If you do see it, great, but it's not something that we've even seen. We don't buy round brilliant-cut diamonds. We've never bought round brilliant-cut diamonds. That's not what we buy and sell. Because we specialize in the older ones, like I said, I'm very careful about what I buy and I'm on the lookout for these supposed recuts. We know they're out there for smaller diamonds because we see them in reproductions, the European cuts and single cuts. Primarily the European cuts are cut with what we call an open culet. Instead of coming to a point on the bottom, they have a facet there, and the facets in the contemporary cuts for small diamonds have a really big open facet. That's a generalization, but it's one of those things. If you see all the other characteristics that make you think it's not an old ring and you see those stones and they're perfectly calibrated, you can kind of say, “Yes, that's a reproduction, and this is why.” Sharon: Do you or people who work at the store go out to trade shows or antique jewelry shows and look for merchandise to resell? Suzanne: That's one of the things I do. Most of the jewelry that we buy and sell comes right in our door. People send me a picture of it and we strike up a conversation, and they mail it to us or send it FedEx or however we decide they're going to ship it for our consideration so we can see it in person. I do not buy anything unless I see it in person. Another really good reason to go to trade shows is to do price research. I go to Tucson Gem and Mineral Show every year because the prices and availability of different gems change. It changes from year to year, and if you're buying a beautiful old sapphire, you want to make sure you're paying the right price for it, especially today as prices have gone up significantly, especially in emeralds, rubies and sapphires. We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out. Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.

3/21 - WEEKEND SPOTLIGHT

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 5:28

So many entertainment opportunities this weekend in the Jacksonville area, starting with Sip & Stroll downtown this evening, or feel the love with Air Supply performing at the Florida Theatre. Speaking of theatres, Phantom! The Musical has shows through the end of the month with ABET at Players by the Sea! Sports fans can join the Jacksonville Icemen as they take on the Swamp Rabbits! And speaking of ice, family fun awaits with the Ice Dinosaurs exhibit at MOSH, featuring some new dino discoveries! And if digging and discovering is your thing, the Jem & Mineral Show at the fairgrounds gives you a chance to explore and acquire cool stones, geodes, jewelry, and more. And don't forget the three-night-stand as Widespread Panic is back at the Amp Friday through Sunday! Have a great weekend!

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Sourcing Crystals at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show with The Citrine Circle

Love & Light Live Crystal Healing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 54:04

This week, Gemma talks to husband and wife team Emma and Stu of The Citrine Circle. Starting as a small Etsy shop in 2017, The Citrine Crystal now has one of the UK's largest selections of crystals and minerals. Alongside their thousands of crystals, they also offer a range of wellbeing and spiritual products. In this episode, Emma and Stu tells Gemma all about their recent trip to the Tucson Gem & Mineral show - the largest, oldest and most prestigious gem and mineral show in the world. Website: www.thecitrinecircle.com Crystal Guide App: https://thecitrinecircle.com/pages/crystal-guide ---------------------- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gemmapetherbridge.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gemmapetherbridge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We are always keen to spread our knowledge. If you'd like to stay up to date on events, courses and freebies, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to our mailing list.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get your free copy of issue one of Let's Talk Crystals Magazine ⁠here.⁠ Books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Crystal Apothecary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Crystal Plan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Preorder) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Crystal Almanac⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Preorder)

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Tucson Gem Show Guide: Crystal Expert’s Top Tips & Treasures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 56:52

You may (or may not) know this about me, but in addition to teaching classes with the Love & Light School, I also own a crystal shop here in Madison, Wisconsin. Each year, I travel to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show for my shop, Mimosa Books & Gifts, with a small team — myself, my shop manager, and our shipping manager — to pick out some amazing crystal treasures from across the globe. Big shows like this can be intimidating, so I've put together this helpful Tucson Gem Show Guide to use when attending! Last year, I wrote a short article with some Tucson Gem Show Tips and some helpful information about spotting crystal fakes, but with more and more people starting their own crystal shops (either in-person or online), I have been getting more questions than ever about how it all works! This year, I've broken down our entire experience into a handy Tucson Gem Show guide, to give you a look behind the curtain at the show, or help you plan your own trip! 2024 Tucson Gem Show Highlights: Before we dig into the specifics of how to shop a show like Tucson, I thought I'd share some notable highlights from the 2024 show: Favorite Crystal Find: Quartz with Epidote Druze from Turkey (Forest Epidote) Best-Quality Gems: Garden Quartz from Brazil (it was off the charts this year!) Most Unexpected Find: Brilliant cerulean Blue Opal from Peru Most Expensive Thing: Weardale Fluorite from the UK Best Value: Gorgeous Rainbow Petrified Wood Palm Stones Most Beautiful Find: Rhodochrosite rosettes on Rhodochrosite and Quartz druze form Peru Most Outrageous Fake: Composite Lepidolite made by binding together chips with plastic Best Jewelry Item: HUGE Manifestation Quartz Pendants Popular Trends: Interesting mineral specimens of all types (clusters are in!) Declining Trends: Mass-produced towers of all types (multiple vendors reported a huge decline in sales) Best New Vendor: From the Mines (Sustainable & Fair Trade Minerals) And with that little wrap-up, let's dig into our Tucson Gem Show strategy from start to finish! Travel Planning for the Tucson Gem Show: We usually start planning and preparations for the Tucson Show in November or December (the show begins in late January, so this gives us a month or two to make our plans). This is when we book our airfare, rental car, and house for our trip. There's quite a bit to consider about each of these things when planning your travel… Booking Airfare: After many years of going to the show, we have learned to give ourselves as much space as possible with our flights to make the most of our time in Tucson. On the way out, we catch an early flight (the day before one of the biggest shows opens up), so we have time to settle in (more about that later). On the way home, however, we book a late afternoon flight so we have time to run any last-minute errands, squeeze in some extra shopping, and get to the airport with minimal stress and lots of time to spare. I'd also highly recommend giving yourself extra space for any layovers you may have so you don't miss your connecting flights. We missed our flight this year due to mechanical issues with our flight and got stuck overnight in Dallas (which was very expensive!). Booking a Rental Car: The Tucson Gem Show is one place where having a bigger vehicle comes in handy. We usually rent a small to mid-sized SUV so we have lots of space for hauling minerals and luggage. With 3 of us attending the show, we need the luggage space getting from the airport to our rented house, and there are always a couple of days when we shop so heavily that nearly every free inch of the car is filled with boxes of crystals. We typically rent a hybrid vehicle to save on gas, but a big car is a must for our little team. Renting a House: The first few years I went to the Tucson show, we stayed in a motel. Looking back I don't know how we did it. It was cramped, impractical, and made it hard to enjoy our time at the show....

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Gemstone Geniuses: The Agdanowski Brothers' Rocky Road to Success

Life Along The Streetcar

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 27:44

"Gemstone Geniuses: The Agdanowski Brothers' Rocky Road to Success" – Dive into this inspiring episode of Life Along The Streetcar, where we uncover the remarkable journey of Jonas and Dimitri Agdanowski. From their teenage years collecting rocks in Michigan to opening their third rock and mineral store, fueled by the vibrant energy of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

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Linda Kissam - Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

Vacation Station Travel Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 17:02

This episode of Big Blend Radio with travel writer Linda Kissam, "Food Wine & Shopping Diva," focuses on the Annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. Held every winter this esteemed event welcomes over 65,000 guests from around the globe as they descend upon Tucson, Arizona to buy, sell, trade, and immerse themselves in rare and captivating gems, minerals, and fossils at more than 40 gem show locations across the city. Read Linda's article about it: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/tucson-gem-and-mineral-show/ Watch this Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pN51Rn2ugXQ Linda Kissam appears on Big Blend Radio every first Saturday. Follow her podcasts here: https://tinyurl.com/3r9wmuduFollow Diva Linda's adventures here: https://allingoodtaste.info/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Linda Kissam - Tucson Gem & Mineral Show

Big Blend Radio Shows

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 17:02

This episode of Big Blend Radio with travel writer Linda Kissam, "Food Wine & Shopping Diva," focuses on the Annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. Held every winter this esteemed event welcomes over 65,000 guests from around the globe as they descend upon Tucson, Arizona to buy, sell, trade, and immerse themselves in rare and captivating gems, minerals, and fossils at more than 40 gem show locations across the city. Read Linda's article about it: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/tucson-gem-and-mineral-show/ Watch this Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pN51Rn2ugXQ Linda Kissam appears on Big Blend Radio every first Saturday. Follow her podcasts here: https://tinyurl.com/3r9wmudu Follow Diva Linda's adventures here: https://allingoodtaste.info/ Photos by Linda Kissam & Courtesy of the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.

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December Crystal Almanac & Gemma's Talk from the London Gem & Mineral Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 56:55

The first episode of this month is a two-parter. In the first half, Gemma covers December's seasonal energies and suggests some crystals to work with these energies. Then Gemma shares a recording of her Crystals for Beginners talk from the London Gem & Mineral Show last week. Not only are Gemma and event hosts Alix and Mary from Wisdom on Wellness excited and proud to showcase this talk with you, but it also marks the start of their new podcast - WOW Talks - which also launches today. ---------------------- ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.gemmapetherbridge.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@gemmapetherbridge⁠⁠⁠⁠ We are always keen to spread our knowledge. If you'd like to stay up to date on events, courses and freebies, ⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to our mailing list.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get your free copy of issue one of Let's Talk Crystals Magazine here. Books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Crystal Apothecary⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠My Crystal Plan⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Preorder) ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Crystal Almanac⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Preorder)

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The London Gem & Mineral Show with Alix and Mary of Wisdom on Wellness

My Drive - Prescott Area Weekly Update

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 28:50

Alix Bramwell and Mary Cox are the founders of Wisdom on Wellness (WOW). They offer a simple pathway into the often-inaccessible wellbeing space, delivering unique experiences and providing a community for like-minded people to come together to share their own knowledge; their Wisdom on Wellness. On the 25-26th November, WOW and their partners are holding the London Gem & Mineral Show. This event features talks and discussions with industry experts and crystal celebrities, gem and mineral activities and stalls, and even appearances from Gemma! Listeners to this podcast can save 20% on tickets to the event by entering code CMS20 at checkout. Wellness and Wisdom: www.wisdomonwellness.co.uk The Gem and Mineral Show: www.thegemandmineralshow.com 20% DISCOUNT CODE: CMS20 ---------------------- ⁠www.gemmapetherbridge.com⁠ ⁠@gemmapetherbridge⁠ We are always keen to spread our knowledge. If you'd like to stay up to date on events, courses and freebies, ⁠sign up to our mailing list.⁠ ⁠Join the waitlist for the Crystal Practitioners Course.⁠ You will be the first to hear about developments and updates on the course, launching 2024. Books: ⁠The Crystal Apothecary⁠ ⁠My Crystal Plan⁠ (Preorder) ⁠The Crystal Almanac⁠ (Preorder)

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PB Pers Gem & Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches

Palm Beach Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 28:38 Transcription Available

Talked with Arlene Lazzaro, 2nd Vice President, Gem and Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches. Their mission is "to gather people of the Palm Beach Area who enjoy gathering, cutting, displaying and studying rocks, shells, artifacts and other object of interest and to promote community interest in these objects. Their 56th annual Gem and Mineral Show is on November 18-19, 2023 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center East. They will have gems, mineral, jewelry, bead and fossil shows. Guest lectures, demonstrations, cracking geodes and a mine where you can sieve for gems. Tickets are $10 for adults and children under 12 are free. Two day adult admission is $15. Listeners can get a $1 off coupon on either their Facebook page or the website. www.gmspb.org. The society also offers classes on lapidary, making cabachons, a research library, cold connection metal jewelry classes and more. Listeners can go to www.gmspb.org to sign up for classes, become volunteers, vendors or make a donation.

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Grapevine Fire, Back to School, and Prescott Gem and Mineral show My Drive

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 17:19

Buckle up and hold on to this episode of My Drive - Prescott Area Weekly Update. Watch out for those round-a-bouts! LISTEN IN: >>> Host Guy Roginson and Elicia Morigeau cover this week's top local news, and events, This week they cover The Grapevine Fire, Marriott In Prescott Valley Breaking Ground, Dancing for the Stars, Prescott Valley back going back to school, and more... Here is the update for August 3, 2023:Follow Cast11 on Facebook: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network/MY Drive is part of the CAST11 Podcast Network of Prescott. Check out the podcast network website with ALL the shows at: https://CAST11.com (website coming in February 2023!)MY Drive is part of the CAST11 Podcast Network of Prescott. Check out the podcast network website with ALL the shows at: https://CAST11.com

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Eric Routon 7 - 5-23 GMSL Annual Gem And Mineral Show

Virginia Talk Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 9:07

Eric Routon 7 - 5-23 GMSL Annual Gem And Mineral Show

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Episode 215 – Animal Vegetable Mineral show

New Dimension Comics Presents: The Toddcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023

Jon and Justin talk comics and stuff

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Crystals - Ethics and Transparency in Crystal Sourcing with Maz & Ricky of Carpé Crystals

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 67:09

This week, Gemma is chatting with friends Maz and Ricky of Carpé Crystals. Carpé Crystals is a family-run business based in the UK, which has grown from being founded in 2019 in a bedroom, to rapidly growing loyal online following of over 30,000 and a physical store located in Maidstone, Kent. They are passionate about ethical sourcing and are paving the way for business transparency and fair trading in the crystal field. In this episode, Gemma, Maz and Ricky discuss current trends in crystals, the ethics of crystal sourcing and some particular areas to be aware of, and their busy upcoming schedule of live events and festivals. Instagram: @carpecrystals Tiktok: @carpecrystals Facebook: carpecrystals Website: www.carpecrystals.com Charity Partner: Kimbilio ⁠@kimbiliodrcongo⁠ The London Gem and Mineral Show, Sandown Park Racecourse 30th Sept - 1st Oct: Instagram: @thegemandmineralshow Website: www.thegemandmineralshow.com ---------------------- Show Notes: This month's free workshop is Crystals for Beginners Masterclass. Sign up and choose your date here. ---------------------- Contact us: Instagram: @higherselfschool Email: info@higherselfschool.com

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05/05/23 Community Focus - 2023 Agate & Mineral Show

Alpine, TX: Heart of the Big Bend

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 8:50

Our guest is Sharon Smith, Member of the Cuyuna Rock, Gem & Mineral Society

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2023 Alpine Gem & Mineral Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 21:26

Chris is joined by Big Bend rock shop impresarios Judith Brueske, Paul Graybeal and Sue Franklin to discuss to Alpine Gem & Mineral Show, April 14-16, 2023 at the Alpine Civic Center. One of the finest small gem and mineral shows in the country, the vendors and displays combine science, art and much more!

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PB PERS GEM MINERAL SOCIETY OF PB

Palm Beach Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 28:37

Talked with Arlene Lazzaro, President, Gem and Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches. Their mission is "to gather people of the Palm Beach Area who enjoy gathering, cutting, displaying and studying rocks, shells, artifacts and other object of interest and to promote community interest in these objects. Their 55th annual Gem and Mineral Show is on November 19-20, 2022 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center East. They will have gems, mineral, jewelry, bead and fossil shows. Guest lectures, demonstrations, cracking geodes and a mine where you can sieve for gems. Tickets are $9 for adults and children under 12 are free. Two day adult admission is $14. Listeners can get a $1 off coupon on either their Facebook page or the website. www.gmspb.org. The society also offers classes on lapidary, making cabachons, a research library, cold connection metal jewelry classes and more. Listeners can go to www.gmspb.org to sign up for classes, become volunteers, vendors or make a donation.

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Chasing History Radio: Denver Fossil & Mineral Show

The Joe and Smith Podcast: Read the Book of Mormon with us

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 14:14

In this episode, we discuss all of the great and wonderful things that were gathered at the Denver Fossil and Mineral Show, the 2nd largest show of its kind anywhere in the world. Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!

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2 Nephi 11-24

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 49:30

Joe questions whether reading the BOM is good for him. Smith suggests for the listener to order a free one, but the missionaries will bring it. The guys accidentally stumble into the church's new branding campaign to have a BOM in your crotch. They return to the well until the end of the episode. In this chapter, JS warns us that there are some Isaiah chapters coming. Like 13 of them. There are 2 more BOMs in crotches. Smith has a story about a TBM friend, who may be a deer. The guys remember D'ump from Tim and Eric. Joe passes along a book recommendation from someone he trusts- Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died Smith opens some mail that he got from Joe. Joe included his testimony of the BOM in the package. Smith re-reads a previous verse. JS, he has a BOM in his crotch. Joe doesn't like the use of the word proving in the BOM. 5 more BOMs in crotches. The BOM just isn't going to burn in some house fires. Is Santa a lie for children? There is more BOM logic about why God exists. Also the LDS Godhead is confusing. Mysterious vmail- Phoenix Gem and Mineral Show (07/26/2012) Joe poses a hypothetical scenario about guys arguing over the bible. Joe gets the Kinderhook Plates mixed up with View of the Hebrews. Joe liked hearing that Australia has more restrictive standards for what is and is not considered a religion. Joe tries to quiz Smith about the names of some of the brethren's wives. They find out that Joe is reading from an old list. Also, that LDS guys technically get more virgins than some of the other religions' afterlife. Some more BOMs in crotches. Smith has a story about his earthly father. Joe asks how Smith's dad is doing. Joe tells a story about catching up with an old friend. Joe tells an embarrassing story about the guys' friend, Sam the Eagle. One more BOMcrotch. Joe reads a ‘yo child is so perished' from their listener. Smith presents Joe with a challenge that he will not take on. Joe presents a scenario that would send Smith into a rage. OK, just one more. Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal with permission from the artist. The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org Remember who you are and what you stand for

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Building a New Fantasy World (Plus, Crystals, Face Tattoos, and the Ogre Dilemma)

The Writing Cabin with Tarah Benner

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 27:15

This week, Tarah chats about the stumbling blocks she's encountered building the fantasy world for her new series. She also talks about the Victor Gem and Mineral Show and the local celebrity she sighted there. Finally, she asks listeners to weigh in on their perception of orcs versus ogres versus goblins.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: The Witch's Fortune.Listen to me read Blood Ties on Read by the Author With Lindsey Sparks.This week I'm reading Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker and listening to Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. I just finished Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

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Mendy Ouzillou: Dealing and Collecting Meteorites, Holding Moon Rocks

Alts

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 48:09

Horacio spoke with meteorite collector and dealer Mendy Ouzillou. Mendy is the founder of SkyFall Meteorites and the Founder and President of the Global Meteorite Association. In this episode, Mendy recaps his trip to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, talks about the current state of the meteorite marketplace, and talks about the fractionalized Lunar Meteorite on Rally Road. More discussion topics include:Observations from the Tucson Gem and Mineral ShowMaking classic meteorites availableSlicing meteorites as standard practice among scientists and collectorsMuseums trading their meteorites to expand their collectionsThe difference in value of meteorites depending on geographic landfallUsing weather radar to see a possible strewn fieldThe dangers of chasing meteoritesPossible preservation of the asteroid impactor that wiped out the dinosaursThe specifics of the Lunar Meteorite on Rally RoadLunar meteorites as collectibles and investmentsThe Global Meteorite Association and growing the hobby---Follow Alts- Website & newsletter: https://alts.co- Discord: https://discord.gg/DEkHgzggwC- Twitter: https://twitter.com/altassetsclub- Insta: https://instagram.com/alts_co- Link to Alan Goldsher playlist

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Community Focus 4/28/22: Sharon Smith, Vice-President, Cuyuna Rock Club, talking about the Annual Cuyuna Agate and Mineral Show

Alpine, TX: Heart of the Big Bend

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 13:44

Our guest today was Sharon Smith, Vice-President, Cuyuna Rock Club, talking about the Annual Cuyuna Agate and Mineral Show.

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The Alpine Gem & Mineral Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 18:19

Chris talks with four members of the Chihuahuan Desert Gem and Mineral Club about the booths, displays, demonstrations and more that visitors will find at the annual Alpine Gem & Mineral Show in mid-April. We also talk about the history of rock collecting in the Big Bend, the region's distinctive agates, rock hunting trips in the area and the small rock shops in Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis and Balmorhea.

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013. Jewelry U Should Know About: Tucson Gem & Mineral Show 2022

Tea & Gemstones

Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 17:12

Jewelry lovers unite! Once a year, hobbyists, artists, designers, buyers, vendors, collectors and enthusiasts all gather for a weekend in the Arizona desert: the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. It's the largest, oldest, most prestigious gem & mineral show in the world. But how did this jewelry, gemstone, crystal, mineral, fossil extravagance begin? When did the Smithsonian get involved? What epic traveling exhibits have graced the Tucson Convention Center over the decades? How many millions of dollars does this show bring to the economy? Let's talk all things Tucson.*Please consider leaving a Review of "Tea & Gemstones" wherever you listen to your podcasts! It helps the show's algorithm to appear in searches and recommendations. Thank you!*Patreon for exclusive bonus episodes & merchandise: https://www.patreon.com/teaandgemstonespodcast Narration - Jennifer SieverlingResearch & Writing - Jennifer SieverlingMusic - Joseph McDade & AudionautixFor all credits and sources please visit https://jennifersieverling.wixsite.com/teaandgemstones---Stay Sparkly

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Chasing History Radio: The Denver Fossil & Mineral Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 14:22

In this episode, we discuss all the new things heading to the Smoky Mountain Relic Room that we picked up at the Denver fossil and mineral show, Please help us out by taking 20 seconds and giving us a rate and review or tell us how we can make a better show. We Appreciate Youz Guyz! Please help us out by leaving a comment and sharing our show with others! Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!

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Community Focus 5/3/21: Sharon Smith, Vice President, Cuyuna Rock Club, to talk about the Cuyuna Agate and Mineral Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 13:20

Our guest today was Sharon Smith, Vice President, Cuyuna Rock Club, to talk about the Cuyuna Agate and Mineral Show.

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Chasing History Radio: Back from the Road

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 12:27

In this episode, Chase goes over the things that he picked up for the Smoky Mountain Relic Room at the Denver Fossil and Mineral Show. Don't forget to Subscribe, Comment & leave us a Rating and review. We also have a YouTube Channel "Chasing History" where we take you into the field with the men & women who discover history!

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Chasing History Radio: Back on the Road