Article: NRC WARNS RETAILERS: Blue Topaz Imports Not Legal.(Jewelry Scene)

Byline: Cheryl Kremkow

NRC WARNS RETAILERS: Blue Topaz Imports Not Legal

The Kay Jewelers store on West 34th Street in New York carries blue sapphire, tanzanite, and aquamarine. What you won't find in this store, however, is a single blue topaz. And you won't find any blue topaz in any of the other 1,332 Sterling Jewelers stores across the country either.

That's because the nation's largest specialty jewelry retailer recalled blue topaz from all of its stores in June 2007.

The action was in response to a May 24 certified letter that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent to major jewelry retailers across the country, including ...

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