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	<description>Custom Jewelry Design, Designer Jewelry and Jewelry Appraisal in Riverside , California</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tucson Time!</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/tucson-time</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry Industry Information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[colored gems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tucson Gem shows]]></category>

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It&#8217;s that wonderful week when the gem trade focuses on Tucson, the little desert city that could.  For over 50 years now, our friends and colleagues in the colored stone business have been getting down to business in convention centers, under tents, in parking lots, and of course, hotel rooms. Merchants present everything from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marauding Gold Buyers</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/marauding-gold-buyers</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cash4Gold]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gold buying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out our blog for this post about gold buying, &#8220;Gold Parties Pay Cheap Prices for Gold&#8221;, where we present anecdotal evidence of what happens at gold parties. In our example, our client was offered $600 for the gold lot we would have willingly bought for $1000. In these hard times, that difference could have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas on Main Street</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-industry-information/christmas-on-main-street</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas on Main Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s that time of the year again. We retail jewelers all look forward to having a busy and profitable holiday season, but dread the long hours and hard work. Our open air walking mall was the perfect place for a kickoff party for the upcoming holidays. Lots of folks in the store, schmoozing and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Flier&#8217;s Wall Ring</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-making/the-fliers-wall-ring</link>
		<comments>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-making/the-fliers-wall-ring#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[CAD/CAM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry Making]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Famous Flier's Wall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mission Inn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Riverside]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rose gold]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Veteran's Day]]></category>

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We just finished this challenging ring in time for Veteran&#8217;s Day.  50 diamonds pave&#8217;d into white gold accent this rose gold ring that celebrates the Famous Flier&#8217;s Wall of the Mission Inn in Riverside. Follow the whole project on the Mardon Blog
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		<title>Grading Pattern and Color in Opal</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/grading-pattern-and-color-in-opal</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brazilian Opal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Flash]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harlequin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lightning Ridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pinfire]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow]]></category>

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In our latest post to the Mardon blog, we discuss the classification/grading/description of the various play of color patterns in precious opal, focusing on the main pattern types, Pinfire, Flash, and Harlequin. Of course, a picture is worth a thousand words, so we show more than tell. Here are a few morsels, photos that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Consumers Can Get a Fair Price for Their Gold</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-industry-information/how-consumers-can-get-a-fair-price-for-their-gold</link>
		<comments>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-industry-information/how-consumers-can-get-a-fair-price-for-their-gold#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry Industry Information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Precious Metals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cash4Gold]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Reports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumerist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gold buying]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GoldKit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GoldPaq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Along with record prices for gold, we in the jewelry industry have had to contend of late with bad press about the bad gold buying practices of some in our industry&#8211; The Consumerist has run a series of articles blasting Cash4Gold, and Consumer Reports just published the results of tests they ran this last summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opals of Mexico and Australia</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/opals-of-mexico-and-australia</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coober Pedy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harlequin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lightning Ridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Llovisnando]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Magdalena]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Queretaro]]></category>

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Don&#8217;t miss this photo gallery of $200,000 worth of opals from Mexico and Australia. &#8216;Nuf said!
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		<title>The Last Word on Blue Sapphire</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/the-last-word-on-blue-sapphire</link>
		<comments>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/the-last-word-on-blue-sapphire#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry Industry Information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beryllium diffusion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geuda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[glass filling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[heat treatments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[surface diffusion]]></category>

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In the final installment of our series on how to evaluate the color of blue sapphires, we examine various ways to choose color, including personal preference, grading, science, and market price. The most controversial issue is whether or not the sapphire has been heat treated.  We briefly review the history of heat treatments of sapphire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enameled Jewelry Stars in Estate Collection</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-making/enamel-jewelry-stars-in-estate-collection</link>
		<comments>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/jewelry-making/enamel-jewelry-stars-in-estate-collection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Estate Jewelry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry Making]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[French enamel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plique a jour]]></category>

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Recently, we had a real treat in purchasing a large group of estate jewelry items- many pieces were enameled, of European make. The enamels shown above feature the technique commonly referred to as &#8220;French&#8221; enameling, where the enamel is fired directly onto the face of the item as a final decorative touch. Even the fangs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage Calfornia Gold in Quartz</title>
		<link>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/vintage-calfornia-gold-in-quartz</link>
		<comments>http://mardonjewelers.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstones/vintage-calfornia-gold-in-quartz#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Estate Jewelry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Forty-Niners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gold in quartz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grass Valley]]></category>

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In the latest Mardon blog, we discuss the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the jewelry it gave rise to. Forty-Niner goldsmiths and jewelers settled in San Francisco and created the classic gold in quartz styles. The best examples of vintage gold in quartz jewelry were made beginning 1850 and ending 1906, when the great [...]]]></description>
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