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	<title>Tucson Gem Show - Live!</title>
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	<description>Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Centurion Show picks Emerging Designers!</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/03/13/the-centurion-show-picks-emerging-designers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you asked twenty people in attendance at any of the venues of the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase (BTW - this is the city&#8217;s official name for the shows) if they have been to the Centurion Show&#8230;most will answer that they have never even heard of it.

The Centurion Show is an invitation only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#TucsonGemShow: The Best Bead Show</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/03/12/tucsongemshow-the-best-bead-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite Tucson traditions has been to meet up with Marsha of Amazing Porcelain and Vlad of Golem Design Studio for dinner&#8230;this is always a fun time&#8230;and it makes me go to at least one bead show!

The Best Bead Show is in my opinion - the &#8220;Best&#8221; bead show in Tucson.  IF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco, Ethical, and Fair Trade in the Jewelry Industry</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/03/05/eco-ethical-and-fair-trade-in-the-jewelry-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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Friday, February 5, 2010 an addition was announced adding a lively open format discussion to the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) Seminar Schedule at the AGTA GemFair, focusing on eco, ethical, and fair trade gemstones and materials sourcing for the Jewelry Industry.

In a townhall format facilitated by Bill Gallagher, CEO of Lori Bonn Design, Inc. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologies and more great Tucson Reports coming&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/23/apologies-and-more-great-tucson-reports-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to quickly take a moment of your time to apologize for the lack of blog posts from the Tucson Gem Show this year!!!

I am so sorry!!!  My hard drive decided to crash while I was in Tucson and I lost some of the info for posts that I had already written and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bantering Bartering Buying&#8211;The GemFair 2010 Experience</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/16/bantering-bartering-buying-the-gemfair-2010-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by my favorite gem writer&#8230;Diana Jarrett, GG RMV Member NAJA


More upbeat than last year&#8217;s dismal fair, the AGTA GemFair and its sister the Gem and Jewelry Expo (GJX) in Tucson saw the kind of action that made vendors hopeful for the first time in months this February. AGTA reported a 7% increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collector Day Features &#34;The Will Larson Collection&#34;</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/07/collector-day-features-the-will-larson-collection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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The show at the Westward Look has become an annual pilgrimage for me and my friends Margo (in turquoise - Gemologist) and Roni (Geologist, GG and Co-Founder of the Jeweler&#8217;s Ethics Assoc).  

Here the girls are schmoozing with Gail Spann - who refers to us as the Three Muskateers.  Jim and Gail Spann [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar:  Dominate Local Search with Brad Simon</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/06/seminar-dominate-local-search-with-brad-simon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the AGTA listing:
Internet Marketing to Drive Local Traffic Brad Simon, www.internet4jewelers.com (Graham room)Basic - Intermediate. Getting the customer through the door is critical for the brick and mortar retail jeweler. Yet more and more customers begin their shopping process by seeking information on the internet, where they can find out about you, your business, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar:  Pearls with Elisabeth Strack</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/06/seminar-pearls-with-elisabeth-strack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the AGTA listings:

Developments in the Chinese Pearl Industry Elisabeth Strack, Gemmologisches Institut Hamburg  (Mohave room)Intermediate – Advanced. It is getting more and more difficult for jewelers to keep track of developments in the cultured pearl industry. Traditional producing countries like Japan are losing ground and newly producing countries like Vietnam are on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alishan - At The Bench at  MJSA</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/04/alishan-at-the-bench-at-mjsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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The Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America&#8217;s EXPO West Pavilion is in the Ballroom on the Galleria level, along with the Spectrum of Design Pavilion.  Exhibitors demo manufacturing equipment, tools, supplies, contract services and the latest in new technologies.  MJSA’s At the Bench Live features bench demonstrations for attendees, showing the latest techniques [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Gemstone Traders - First Time Exhibitors at GJX</title>
		<link>http://tucsongemshow.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/02/03/afghan-gemstone-traders-first-time-exhibitors-at-gjx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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20 Afghan companies will participate in the Gem and Jewelry Exchange Trade Fair to be held in Tucson, Arizona from February 2 to 7, 2010.  This premier event for gems, minerals and jewelry is one of the most popular with buyers, collectors and enthusiasts from around the country and the world. 
The Afghan traders [...]]]></description>
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