Color My Jewelry World With Sunshine

Sterling Canyon reports that the colors are set and the styles are lasting - at least for a while as New York Fashion Week has set the stage for this year's fashions.  The styles and colors have been appearing in this year's awards shows and the verdict is - blue and green.  These colors have been appearing in the chunkiest bracelets and the longest drop earrings, and slinking down the cleavage with 20 inch necklaces.  “Fashion designers have set the stage in terms of color for the season, so we will see that well into spring of 2012,” Michael O’Connor, jewelry style expert and celebrity stylist, says. 
Variations in styles of bracelets are acceptable but the set colors of green and blue are here to stay.  Their lasting value is expected to last well into next Spring.  Sterling Canyon has added wonderful blue and green necklaces and earrings to their catalog.  What a chance to take advantage with Mother's Day around the corner.

Blue Tanzanite Hits it Big

Sterling Canyon reports that TanzaniteOne, the largest producer mine in Tanzania of Tanzanite has increased production by 70% over last year.  The Tanzania government has enforced an export ban for stones larger than five carots.  However, the mine's output efficiencies have increased  to 71 carats per ton, up from 58 carats per ton a year ago.  Will this stabilize prices?  Perhaps. But the Tanzania government is hungry for money and will try to squeeze as much money out of the mine as the market will bear.  Sterling Canyon is introducing Sterling Silver mated with the incredible blue Tanzanite like the necklace above.  The customer demands it and we wish to fulfill that demand.

Chandelier Earrings are an Award Winner in Country Music Awards

Sterling Canyon reports that celebrities look for the awards at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.  The spectators look at what the celebrities are wearing.  Carrie Underwood is shown wearing a Sutra designed Diamond and Sapphire chandelier earrings. Below a lucky winner is shown wearing Rhonda Faber Green chandelier zultanite gemstone earrings, made with 18-karat white gold and diamonds

though difficult to see under her hair, chandelier earrings are in style, sexy and elegant.  New and exciting collections of earrings and pendants are appearing daily in the Sterling Canyon catalog.  Shop today for 20% off all collections.

Burmese Rubies - A World of Shame

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Cover your ruby necklace in shame ladies.  Sterling Canyon reports that the Burmese government is taking land away from farmers and using children as young as four to mine for Burmese rubies.  A new video has emerged, its link above that shows the atrocities.   The video shows that slave miners are shifted around at night, invading a farmers land. If rubies are found, the government seizes the land.  Raw rubies are pictured above.
The United States and the EU have embargoes on Burmese rubies as well as Jade from Myanmar. However, the rubies and jade can be sent to China or other importing countries where they are polished and finished and then sent to the U.S. or Europe with falsified papers of origin.  Kind of like money laundering.  So, there you go.  Sterling Canyon will not sell rubies or Jade for this very reason. Other fine precious gemstone jewelry is always offered with free shipping and 366 day returns.

Tanzanite Jewelry's Many Happy Returns

Sterling Canyon offers several jewelry pieces containing Tanzanite.  But the gemstones coming from one dug up from the TanzaniteOne mine in Tanzania will be truly remarkable.  One 12,100 ct stone was recovered and is now being prepared to be cut into smaller more useful gemstones.  This find is the third largest in the world and proves that this mine is one of the best producers of Tanzanite.  Tanzanite is found and mined only in Tanzania, hence the name given this beautifully blue gem.  This rough stone is worth several million dollars and the individual stones will make the total value escalate.  Visit Sterling Canyon and shop the best gemstone jewelry at the best prices.  And free shipping always and 366 day returns!

Silver Ghost Town Comes Alive

Sterling Canyon reports on a lonely figure in the west Texas scrub.  Remember if you will the movie Andromeda Strain and the old town where all the bodies were found.  That was the ghost town of Shafter, the feeder to this silver mine you see here and soon to be a lively ghost town.  The price of silver in the past two years has risen 5 times what it was.  Two years ago, silver was trading at around $8.00/ounce. It closed today at around $38.00.  The price of Sterling Silver and the lovely jewelry that comes from it has gone up also.  With this news comes the announcement that a Canadian mining company Aurcana has revived the abandoned mine of Presidio in west Texas and plans to produce up to 3.8 million ounces of silver annually.  State history shows that Spanish Franciscan friars mined the area in the 1680′s.   There is still plenty of silver left in the area.  Will this production help reduce the price of silver?  Not likely.  The Chinese and India have shown a terrific appetite for precious metals in recent years and it doesn’t plan to subside.  Look for pricier jewelry in the future. Sterling Canyon has done its best to keep prices low on the jewelry it carries.  We had to raise some prices recently but the quality will never go down.

California Nixes Cadmium Silver Jewelry

As Sterling Canyon reported last October, the California Center for Environmental Health sued a number of retailers over their peddling of Cadmium laced childrens jewelry.  All of the jewelry is made in China, and today the suit was settled with Tween, owned by Suffern, N.Y.-based Ascena Retail Group Inc. which runs nearly 900 Justice stores, many of them in California.  Terms of the agreement state that no jewelry containing over 0.03 percent may be sold in California. 

According to the CNBC report, Michael Green, executive director of the Center for Environmental Health, said in a statement that Tween is “leading the industry in adopting this health protective standard for their jewelry customers.”  “The company responsibly recalled its cadmium-containing jewelry and went beyond California law in agreeing to instruct its suppliers to provide Tween with reformulated jewelry on a nationwide basis,” he said. “We expect other companies to follow suit, for the sake of their customers’ health.”  

The question remains as to why parents would buy cheap Chinese jewelry for their children. Ignorance may be a reason.  Or perhaps these parents live under rocks and are not aware of the poor product reputation China has created for itself.  One of the reasons why Sterling Canyon offers the finest Silver jewelry all made in the United States or Europe.