Gem Quiz

Here’s the Answer to January’s Gem Quiz

And congratulations to our winner.

Published

4 years ago

February 4, 2020

Chris Burslem

CARNELIAN WAS THE answer to our January Gem Quiz and Sally Davis from Vierk’s Fine Jewelry in Lafayette, IN, was our winner. Well done, Sally, a true gem lover with decades of experience in the industry. Here she proudly poses in her Jewelry Geek finery.

Well done too to all our Honorable Mentions who correctly identified the answer. We’ll have a new quiz posted soon.

Stuart Adelman
Artelle Designs Fine Jewelry & Custom Design
Plymouth, MN

Derrick Allen
Graham Jewelers
Wayzata, MN

John Bowen
Sierra-West Custom Jewelers
Orem, UT

John Bradshaw
John J. Bradshaw
Nashua, NH

Ronda Brummett
Celestial Jewelers
Acworth, GA

Mike Burnette
Gem Shopping Network
Duluth, GA

Clayton Coker
Antiquarian Jewelers
Gulf Breeze, FL

Karen Coyle
Scott & Co. Fine Jewelers
New Oxford, PA

Brendon Davis
Thomas A. Davis Jeweler
Holland, MI

Tania De Luna
Vierk’s Fine Jewelry
Lafayette, IN

Katie Dye
J. David Jewelry
Tulsa, OK

Steve Glazer
Bob Richards Jewelers
Germantown, TN

Karl Gomez
Jurgens Jewelers
North Bend, OR

Christina Grande
Richters Jewelry
Londonderry, NH

Jonathan Hart
Karen’s Jewelers
Oak Ridge, TN

Selma Heikkinen
Fairbank and Perry Goldsmiths
Concord, MA

Anne Henderson
Henderson & Co Jewelers
Mechanicsburg, PA

Jennifer Hornik Johnson,
G.G. Miller’s Jewelry
Bozeman, MT

Peter Indorf
Peter Indorf Designs
Melbourne, FL

McKae Johnson
Mark Jewellers
La Crosse, WI

Steve Jones
Old West Guns & Trading Co.
Carefree, AZ

Autumn Knight
AZ Watch & Jewelry Service
Tucson, AZ

Karen Kuhn
Arabesque Jewelers, Inc.
High Ridge, MO

MaryAnne LaRussa
Futer Bros Jewelers
York, PA

Doug Lantz
MJ Harrington Jewelers
Newport, NH

Nadia Lorr
Steve Quick Jeweler
Chicago, IL

Robert Lurie
Robert Lurie Jewellery Evaluator
Milnerton, Cape Town, Western Province

Lisa Lyons
Clarkson Jewelers
Ellisville, MO

Nina Mahl
Be On Park Fine Jewelry
Winter Park, FL

Andrea Mattei
Judith Ansteth Jewelers
Chicago, IL

Jona McCauley

B & B Jewelers
Huntsville, AL

Amanda Moreno, C.G.
Moretti’s Fine Jewelry
San Antonio, TX

Jamie Norton
Holliday Jewelry
Klamath Falls , OR

Logan Nye
Holly McHone Jewelers
Astoria, OR

Steffanie O’Sullivan
Abbott Taylor Jewelers
Tucson, AZ

Theresia Oreskovic
Peter & Co Jewelers of Avon Lake
Avon Lake, OH

Kendra Ostrinski
Ware Jewelers
Opelika, AL

Monicac Panek
Murduffs Jewelry
Florence, MA

Elizabeth Parker
Curt Parker Jewelers
St Louis, MO

Brette Peters
Dixon Jewellers
Ottawa, Ontario

Cait Russell
Starflower Jewelry
Huntington Station, NY

Mike Schowalter
Miners Den Jewelers
Royal Oak, MI

Leslie Schwab
Aras Jewelers
Rockville, MD

Shelley Seemann
The Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry
Sanibel Island, FL

Jennifer Sullivan
Goodman’s Jewelers
Madison, WI

Hakan Topuzyan
Unique Settings Of New York
Long Island City, New York

Alicia Winalski
Nyman Jewelers
Old Saybrook, CT

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