November/December 2005 Colored Stone

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005
Volume 18 • No. 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ON THE COVER: FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: The shaft into the Navigator quartz and tourmaline mine in Brazil; searching the schist for emerald in the Yukon, Canada; collecting alluvial gravel at the Belmont emerald mine in Brazil. Photos by Morgan Beard. Photo of mining tools by Todd Murray.

Editorial	4

What's In	6
Inspired Mechanics For designer Leigh Ramsay, heaven is in the details.	8
The Colors of 2006 Exclusively online, we look at the colors that will be shaping fashion trends in 2006.

News	12
Tucson Preview	14
Fair Enough? Fair trade gemstones -- can it work?	16

News	46
2005 World Mining Report Who’s producing what and where in the world of gemstones. Online Bonus: An extended version of the report.	48
Resources	58
Calendar	60
Contributors	64
ADVERTISING SECTIONS
Company Profiles	20
Classifieds	62
Web Directory	65
Advertiser Index	65

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