GIA GG and Editor-in-Chief of the GemGuide, the leader of gem pricing and market information. I'm also into UNC basketball and tea as sweet as you can make it.
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Did you know GemGuide launched a new digital product for subscribers? Our Trade in Focus newsletter aims to provide more timely market updates. Here's what we've had, and there's much more to come, so if you don't have a subscription already you should!
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The best place 😭
Friday, @accnetwork debuts a new episode of its signature travel series '3-Day Weekend'
📍 Destination: Chapel Hill, N.C. - home to @UNC & @GoHeels athletics
🐏 9:30p ET | ACCN
I don't like to play favorites with my articles but #lapidary is such a big (and growing) interest of mine, and I had such fun with an article about Victor Tuzlukov's World Heritage Collection. Here's a sneak peek, but you have to be a subscriber to read!
gemguide.com/victor-tuzlukov…
Wouldn't get back on this platform for much less than #MinCup23! Can't wait.
We have a bracket!!
#MinCup23 is coming fast and we’re scrambling to get ready. Our website has this year’s mineral list, starting bracket, and even a test vote if you want to warm up your polling muscles: mineralcup.org/
ALT A 32-mineral elimination bracket for Mineral Cup 2023. From top to bottom in pairs alternating from left to right, the competitors are Moissanite vs Kaolinite, Cinnabar vs Quartz, Fluorapatite vs Zircon, Stibnite vs Sodalite, Dioptase vs Crocoite, Topaz vs Goethite, Vivianite vs Cavansite, Corundum vs Lawsonite, Mercury vs Sepiolite, Ammineite vs Adamite, Calcite vs Opal, Galena vs Perovskite, Cacoxenite vs Bischofite, Arsenuranospathite vs Neptunite, Sapphirine vs Kyanite, and Rhodochrosite vs Lizardite.
Our July/August issue is out! This one covers cultured pearls, a commentary on the rough market, what one author learned in interviewing 100+ women in the industry, and more. Enjoy!
gemguide.com/pub/jul-aug-200…
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Thanks to @BMBranstrator to bring Ammolite to light! We’re so excited that Canadian Ammolite has been featured in GemGuide for June ✨ check it out here and learn more about our favourite iridescent gem: gemguide.com/news-archive/.
#ammolite #coloredgemstones #madeincanada – at Greater Vancouver, British Columbia
Just saw a woman fully walk INTO AND OVER someone’s rolling luggage at ORD and follow it up with “I’m so sorry, the ice cream was calling.” Girl if I had a nickel…
I WILL BE SO SAD IF THIS ISN'T REAL
Wheatepaste ad as seen on St. Mark's Place & 2nd Avenue in the East Village. (Reader photo.) @innoutburger NYC 2023 🤯 Not sure if this is real or not (and not for this location, as far as we know).
I like writing "GIA GG" behind my name so much I might just start adding those credentials everywhere my name goes
Brecken Branstrator retweeted
ONE MORE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆
UNC Hussman has once again won first place in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Competition! This is the school's fifth consecutive win, eighth in nine years and 12th overall.
#GoHeels #GDTBATH
ALT Hearst Award
Told my Vegas taxi driver I was here for the jewelry shows and now he's teaching me all about gemstones 🙃
GemGuide's May/June 2023 issue is out! I'm biased but I think it's great. Particularly curious about feedback on Richard Hughes's article. But the whole issue is full of good market info! Enjoy. (And if you're not a subscriber yet, wyd?)
gemguide.com/pub/may-june-20…
I have figured out how to find my future friends in the coworking space: when it's 4 pm and they're partaking in the wine on tap. 🍷🍷
I created this series to offer the trade an important look at source countries around the world, but sourcing developments overall are also my favorites to write. I hope you like the articles as much as I like researching and reporting them.
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Am thinking I should do buzzword bingo each week? Or maybe, since they have wine on tap, make it a drinking game? 😆
I just started using a coworking space in NY and I'm obsessed with how many buzzwords I hear on calls. So far: "thought leader," "innovator," "vibes," and "really *driving* the experience." Can't wait to throw 'em all off with calls about gemstones.
GemGuide is expanding digital coverage, so we've launched a newsletter called The Trade in Focus to share timely content. It's only for subscribers, so everyone should sign up--I promise lots of great content here & in print. First up: Tucson expectations.
gemguide.com/tucson-2023-pre…
