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Volume 62, Number 2

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CONTENTS
8 MY TURN from the Editor
16 FACETS

36 TRENDS

75 GET YOUR GAUGE ON

by Annie Osburn

by Helen I. Driggs

Clever Closures

Your Turn, News, Innovations

37 METAL CLAY LOCK

20 ASK THE EXPERTS

& KEY
Project by Hadar Jacobson
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by Tom & Kay Benham

22 COOL TOOLS

54 DESIGNS from Our

by Helen I. Driggs

Forming Blocks
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CONTRIBUTORS
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24 SMOKIN STONES

56 BALINESE SILVER

by Sharon Elaine Thompson

GRANULATION

Kentucky Agate

by Nina Cooper

25 KENTUCKY AGATE

28 CUSTOM CABOCHONS

FLOWER PENDANT
Project by Patricia Tschetter

66 GRANULATION ARTISTS IN

by Derek Levin

SANTA FE
by Nina Cooper

33 DESIGNER RUBY
CABOCHON
Demo by Ahna V. White
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Product Review by Tom & Kay Benham

79 2008 GEMSTONE PRICE


INDEX
by Sharon Elaine Thompson

84 ROCK CORNER
by Claus Hedegaard

Isotropic Crystals

86 PRODUCT NEWS
88 MEDIA REVIEW

61 SILVER GRANULATION

PENDANT
Demo by John Leeds
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77 THE INTARSIA INDEXER

72 GRANULATED GOLD
EARRINGS
Project by Dell Fox
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Beautiful Lightning Ridge


by Len Cram

90 EVENTS
91 SCHOOLS & CLASSES
MORE RESOURCES ONLINE AT
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Museums, Gem & Mineral Clubs,
Bead Societies, & Associations

154

The Jewelry Artist

DOERS PROFILE
Ronda Coryell

ABOUT OUR COVER: John Leeds sterling and agate pendant.


Photo: Jim Lawson. Kentucky Agate Pendant, page 25.

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108 PRODUCTS & SERVICES


126 SUPPLIERS
136 LOCATIONS OF SUPPLIERS

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS

140 Jewelry Classes


142 Gem & Jewelry Shops
144 Fee Mining Directory
146 Marketplace
148 Classifieds
152 Website Directory
153 Advertisers Index

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Flux (Liquid, paste, and brushes)
Torches (Selection, maintenance, and safety)
Fit and Cleanliness (Solder wont fill gaps!)
Joints & Placement (Solder flows toward heat!)
Dont Move (Keeping pieces in position)
Basic Tools (Bases, tweezers, and pokers)
Redirecting Heat (Heat sinks and antiflux)
Fire Scale (Removal, accommodation, and prevention)
Pickle (Cleaning up)

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