Transcript: Is The Bad Economy Tarnishing Gem Show?

ARI SHAPIRO
NPR Morning Edition
02-17-2009
Is The Bad Economy Tarnishing Gem Show?

Host: ARI SHAPIRO
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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ARI SHAPIRO, host:

The depressed global economy is taking some of the luster off the gem business. Every February people from around the world converge on Tucson, Arizona to buy and sell gems of all kinds. The city hosts huge trade shows and NPR's Ted Robbins paid a visit to one.

TED ROBBINS: If you are easily distracted by sparkly objects, this is no place for you. Ninety thousand square feet of booths filled with

Mr. CHARLES HUCKER (American Gem Trade Association): Rubies, emeralds, sapphires.

ROBBINS: And every other gem mined on earth. That's Douglas ...

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