All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for June 2012

Here are the changes to look for on the All That Glitters Website for June 2012:  

This Months Special:  69.76ct Owhyee Picture Jasper

Trying something new this month - Make an Offer; 

highest offer received prior to next Months Special being posted may be the new owner... 

This Months Gem News:  Sanctions Lifting in Myanmar (Burma)? Washington: President Barack Obama on Thursday extended the US sanctions against Myanmar, warning that despite progress on human rights and governmental reform, a political opening in the country remained "nascent."   Read more on our Monthly News Page...

Newly Faceted or Photographed Gemstones: 

A recently worked matched pair of very fine Lapis Lazuli pieces have come back from
the cutters - rough was purchased in Thailand back in 2007!  (Note these are in transit and photos will be posted as soon as they arrive - delayed due to health issues)  This same cutter has also finished some California material sent to him about 7 months ago.  It includes Red and Yellow Agate - found in Yuba County, California.

Gemstones in Cutting:

We may be faceting that gorgeous Natural Kunzite Crystal from the Big Kahuna area of the Oceanview Mine! Will be some incredible color in these and of course, our Award Winning Master Cutter is the only choice to facet these important gemstones...  (Still not too late to save this crystal from the cutter!)

New Pages or Links! 

All That Glitters is now offering a Personal Exclusive Purchasing Agent  in the field and at the source for the very best prices available for those seeking increased profit, investment, etc.  Read More...   
<  Purchasing  Agent  >  New Page!

All That Glitters Gemstones and Crystal appear in a New Trade Article analyzing a Unique Ametrine showing a 'stepped zone' feature, as well as a nicely saturated 50:50 Faceted Ametrine and a crystal from the source - the Anahi Mine.  Read the technical study on these pieces!  
<  Gemewizard Article - The Natural Art of Ametrine  >
 New Trade Article!

US Sanctions Lifting on Myanmar (Burma)????

 Obama declines to lift US sanctions on Myanmar

Washington: President Barack Obama on Thursday extended the US sanctions against Myanmar, warning that despite progress on human rights and governmental reform, a political opening in the country remained "nascent."....  Read More

The owner of All That Glitters, Mr. Brown,  was on the phone the other day talking to his American friend and associate who lives in Thailand and was visiting the states.   This dealer had indicated he heard from another dealer that the sanctions/embargo on the importation of Ruby and Jade had been repealed.   Mr. Brown hadn't heard this and in doing some research on line, it seems that some sanctions will be lifted and others will remain in place.  Where the embargo on Ruby and Jade falls with regard to sanctions, is still to be seen.  The previous loophole prior to the more recent embargo of 2008, was  that Burmese (Myanmar) goods could be imported into Thailand, faceted, reworked, set into jewelry and then be imported into the US via Thailand, whereas the rough or faceted material was banned from entering the U.S. directly from Burma.  With the law changing in 2008, Ruby and Jade from Burma, regardless of whether it came from Burma or reworked elsewhere, was not allowed into the United States.

It does look like sanctions/embargoes related to Burma will eventually be lifted, but it may be sometime as politics within Burma continue to change.  Key Republican Senator John McCain called Monday on the United States to suspend most sanctions on Myanmar.