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Article: BLUE TOPAZ: A Path Forward.(Jewelry Scene)
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- Modern Jeweler
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Byline: Michael Cowing, Cheryl Kremkow
BLUE TOPAZ: A Path Forward
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has pledged to "work with the industry to find a solution" to make sure that existing stocks of blue topaz jewelry can be legally sold this holiday season and that future imports of the inexpensive blue gem can continue "if we can be assured that the public is adequately protected," says Scott Moore, NRC deputy director of the division of materials safety and state agreements.
But millions of carats of London and Swiss blue topaz, and all other neutron-irradiated blue topaz, are still in legal limbo and likely to remain there for the rest of the ...