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Here’s the Answer to June’s Gem Quiz

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And congratulations to our winner.

For our June Gem Quiz, we described a “rock nerd’s rock.” We noted that it is highly lustered, forms in sprays of crystals and is dimorphous with the mineral senarmontite.INSTORE Clodius

And the answer is: VALENTINITE.

Congratulations to this month’s Gem Quiz winner, Mark Clodius of Clodius & Co. Jewelers in Rockford, IL, who will receive a “Jewelry Geek” T-shirt.

Riffing on the inspiration for the gemstone’s name (the alchemist Basilius Valentinus), Clodius noted: “Our dog, Valentine, stopped an armed robbery at our store — a ‘True Tail.’ Woof!”

And Honorable Mentions to the following for providing the correct answer:

  • Annamarie Bara, Choose-Your-Gift.com, Chicago, IL
  • Irwin Blackberg, Ovadia Diamonds, New York, NY
  • Rachel Carver, Marks Jewelers, St, Lawrence, KS
  • Carly Clardy, Gem Garden, Manheim, PA
  • Sheila Cochran, The Karat Patch Jewelers, Mobile, AL
  • Kelly Dinan, All My Life Jewelers, Laconia, NH
  • Catherine Greig, Diamond Boutique, Del Mar, CA
  • Peter Hannes, Koehn & Koehn Jewelers, West Bend, WI
  • Ann Marie Hodrick, www.heartsdesirejewelry.com, Alameda, CA
  • Todd Huebner, Josephs Jewelers, Des Moines, IA
  • Shelly Isacco, Joden Jewelers, Grove City, PA
  • Kathy Jenkins, Bravo Jewellers, Carlsbad, CA
  • Rick McElvaine, Maxons Diamond Merchants, Springfield, MO
  • Yasuhiro Mori, Mori Bijoux, Utsunomiya, Japan
  • Babs Noelle, Alara Jewelry, Bozeman, MT
  • Chuck Pollak, Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repair, Victor, NY
  • Shannon Prade, American Gem and Jewelry, Oceanside, CA
  • Kimberly Williams, Jewelers Bench, Kingwood, TX

Look out for our next Gem Quiz in our July 3 daily bulletin.

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Here’s the Answer to June’s Gem Quiz

mm

Published

7 years ago

on

And congratulations to our winner.

For our June Gem Quiz, we described a “rock nerd’s rock.” We noted that it is highly lustered, forms in sprays of crystals and is dimorphous with the mineral senarmontite.INSTORE Clodius

And the answer is: VALENTINITE.

Congratulations to this month’s Gem Quiz winner, Mark Clodius of Clodius & Co. Jewelers in Rockford, IL, who will receive a “Jewelry Geek” T-shirt.

Riffing on the inspiration for the gemstone’s name (the alchemist Basilius Valentinus), Clodius noted: “Our dog, Valentine, stopped an armed robbery at our store — a ‘True Tail.’ Woof!”

And Honorable Mentions to the following for providing the correct answer:

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  • Annamarie Bara, Choose-Your-Gift.com, Chicago, IL
  • Irwin Blackberg, Ovadia Diamonds, New York, NY
  • Rachel Carver, Marks Jewelers, St, Lawrence, KS
  • Carly Clardy, Gem Garden, Manheim, PA
  • Sheila Cochran, The Karat Patch Jewelers, Mobile, AL
  • Kelly Dinan, All My Life Jewelers, Laconia, NH
  • Catherine Greig, Diamond Boutique, Del Mar, CA
  • Peter Hannes, Koehn & Koehn Jewelers, West Bend, WI
  • Ann Marie Hodrick, www.heartsdesirejewelry.com, Alameda, CA
  • Todd Huebner, Josephs Jewelers, Des Moines, IA
  • Shelly Isacco, Joden Jewelers, Grove City, PA
  • Kathy Jenkins, Bravo Jewellers, Carlsbad, CA
  • Rick McElvaine, Maxons Diamond Merchants, Springfield, MO
  • Yasuhiro Mori, Mori Bijoux, Utsunomiya, Japan
  • Babs Noelle, Alara Jewelry, Bozeman, MT
  • Chuck Pollak, Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repair, Victor, NY
  • Shannon Prade, American Gem and Jewelry, Oceanside, CA
  • Kimberly Williams, Jewelers Bench, Kingwood, TX

Look out for our next Gem Quiz in our July 3 daily bulletin.

Related Topics:

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SPONSORED VIDEO

Looking for a Seamless Sale? Call Wilkerson

After almost 60 years in business, Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, Pennsylvania, was closing its doors. And the store’s owner, Linda Breakiron, was ready for it. She had run the store as its sole owner since the beginning of the millennium and was looking forward to a change. Of course, she called Wilkerson. Breakiron talked to other jewelers who had used Wilkerson and was satisfied with their response. “They always had positive feedback,” she recalls. With the sales, marketing and even additional inventory that Wilkerson provided, Breakiron insists she could never have accomplished her going-out-of-business sale without Wilkerson’s help. She’s now ready for the journey ahead, but looking back, she’d be sure to recommend Wilkerson. “They just made the whole process very seamless.”

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