An authentic Baltic sea Amber
stone on the Amberif Fair
The buyers coming on the amber fairgrounds can be certain that what they are purchasing is real Baltic Sea Amber – this assertive statement stems from the control activities of expert’s and professional representatives’ commission. Despite positive results after the controls, the commission unveiled few hindrances. Some of author’s or company’s signage on the amber statuettes was missing, what goes against the traditions, as well as against the bylaws of trade. Statuettes – not like named jewelry or labeled necklaces – are deprived of whatsoever signs. (p. 13)
Ryszard Szadziewski president of the World’s Amber Council.
Mr Szadziewski has been waved to a new counseling organization for the benefit of Gdansk City President. The rules of the council had been changed, a new board of Directors has been formed – with a new president professor Ryszard Szadziewski, an outstanding specialist of amber inclusions and lecturer at the University of Gdansk. As for today, the council gathers 15 specialists from Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Germany and Canada. (p. 16)
Flintstone digged out
Even tough a sandy flintsone fulfill all the criteria of a precious stone and becomes more and more popular as a jewelry stone, in the Swietokrzyskie region flintstones are so genuine that they can be purchased for nickels. Part of the explanation comes from the fact that it is considered as a byproduct of excavatory works, and on the other part it is a robbery product from the “Flintstones” archaeological reserve. Today, are flintstones as scarce products as in the neolithic? Is the processing of the stone as tough as at that times? Finally: has today’s flintstone popularity something to do with ancient times necessity? (p. 18)
Jewelry, from Biedermeier to
Art Déco
Poznan City’s exhibition in the National Museum halls is displaying about 270 pieces of jewelry, presenting a variety of jewelry forms which with their style call on Biedermeier, historism, secession and Art Déco. Precious items which are gathered there encompass something of a symbolic parade, patriotic, sentimental and memorial. (p. 22)
French recipes for money making
Profitable dynamics of sales in the french jewelry branch are not only explained by top quality and attractiveness of products, but also rely on the dynamictsand wits of retail store owners and jewelry distributors. They are making use of well planned marketing tools for increasing sales and gaining customer’s interest. (p. 26)
Certification of synthetic diamonds
In the general meaning, diamond is the most important of all jewels. It is real that diamond trading and diamond jewelry trading are the two most important categories listed on the exhibitions worldwide. Until not so long ago, there were no alternatives to diamonds. Recently whatsoever, synthetic jewelry crystals appeared on the market. For confidence to remain, several types of certificates have been issued over the past 10 years. Positive experience with the crystals certificates passed onto other sorts of precious stones and… onto synthetic diamond for the jewelry. (p. 34)
Translation Igor Martin
