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THE NECKLACE >>HOST: THE NECK
AND THE PENDANT AND THE
CUFF BRACELET, YOU NAME
IT AND IT IS ALL GONE.
THAT IS WHY IS THAT AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN, WE
WILL CHANGE OUT PIECES.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL JAY
KING.
>>GUEST: OKAY, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I'VE
PENCILED THE DESIGN AND
THEN THEY TOOK IT AND
TOOK IT FROM THERE. THIS
IS REALLY A COOL
COMBINATION. I LOVE THIS
COLOR, NATURE. YOU HAVE
THESE DEEP ROYAL THESE D
PURPLES. THIS IS AFRICAN
AMETHYST. THIS IS THE
AMETHYST THAT EVERYBODY
IS AFTER RIGHT NOW.
AFRICAN AMETHYST TENDS A
TO BE LESS
>>GUEST: IT IS A >>GUE
DARKER PURPLE AND IT DA
HAS USUALLY LESS (...)
AND CONTAINS LESS
IMPERFECTIONS WITHIN THE
STONE. YOU HAVE THE
NATURAL ZAMBIAN METHYST,
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. WE
TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP
UP AND WE HAVE GONE UP A
AHEAD AND HAND FACETED
EACH ONE OF THESE. AND
THAT IT HAS FEWER
INCLUSIONS IS THE WORD
I'M LOOKING FOR. IN THE
AFRICAN AMETHYST. IF AF
YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY
OF AMETHYST, ONE-TIME
AMETHYST WAS ALMOST AMET
LIKE, IT IS SO LIMITED L
IN SUPPLY, BEFORE THEY
FOUND IT, THE ROUGH
MATERIAL THAT THEY MATER
FOUND, LARGER DEPOSITS
IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND IN
AFRICA, IT WAS VIRTUALLY
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
AMETHYST. THIS WAS JUST
IN TIME, RELATIVE TO THE
GENERAL TALK, WITHIN THE
LAST 100 YEARS. IT WAS
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE AND
SO EXPENSIVE THAT ONLY
ROYALTY COULD REALLY
AFFORD IT OR THE VERY
WEALTHY. NOW IT IS
AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY
DO HAVE MINES THAT THEY
HAVE FOUND THAT THEY HAV
HAVE QUANTITIES IN SOUTH
AMERICA AND THERE IS
QUANTITY IN AFRICA.
AFRICAN AMETHYST IS WHAT
EVERYONE IS GOING AFTER.
>>HOST: THE FACETING IS
GORGEOUS.
>>GUEST: I COMBINED IT
WITH A NATURAL BLUE WITH
BASIN TURQUOISE FROM BA
THE KINGMAN DEPOSIT, THE
MINERAL PARK MINE IN MI
THE KINGMAN DEPOSIT.
>>GUEST: THIS IS >>GUES
TOTALLY INCREDIBLE. TOT
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE TH
FOR MINE VINES. NOBODY
ELSE HAS BLUE BASIN. WE
BOUGHT EVERYTHING THAT
CAME OUT OF THAT
PARTICULAR LITTLE
DEPOSIT AND WE HAVE DEPO
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO A
NECKLACE. ALL WE CAN DO
WITH IT IS REALLY IN WIT
LATE OR WE HAVE BEEN LAT
ABLE TO DO CABOCHON AND
I'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT
NATURAL. AS ZICAM, IN
MOST CASES, --AS I CAN
YOU KNOW THE BLUE BASIN,
THOSE ARE THE CROWS, THE
STORY THAT MARTY WILL
TELL YOU, THAT IS THE
BLUE BASIN. YOU SEE
THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE
STAIN IN THAT. THAT IS
WHERE THIS ROUGH CAME
FROM. I WAS JUST THERE
LAST WEEK, THAT IS
COVERED UP NOW, IT IS CO
123 FEET DOWN TO WHERE
THAT WAS. THAT IS WHERE
IT IS. 123 FEET.
>>GUEST: I ASKED HIM,
WHY DID YOU FILL THAT WH
IN? HE SAID BECAUSE
OKAY, SO, THAT NOT RIGHT
THERE THAT YOU SEE, THE
CROWS ARE ON, THERE IS
VEINS RUNNING ALL THE VE
WAY THROUGH THAT AND YOU
CAN SEE THEM EVERYWHERE.
I SAW A VEIN, A BLUE
TURQUOISE THAT MUST'VE
BEEN TO INCHES WIDE.
THEY CALL IT BENCHING SO
THEY BRING IT UP TO A
CERTAIN LEVEL AND NOW
THEY GO BACK IN THAT. SO
YOU CANNOT JUST CUT INTO
THE MOUNTAIN WHERE THE
TURQUOISE IS. YOU HAVE
TO REMOVE THE TOP LAYERS
AND THEN YOU BENCH DOWN
LIKE THIS. BECAUSE YOU
CANNOT BE DOWN HERE
MINING WHERE THE
TURQUOISE IS AND IN THIS
CAVE-IN ON TOP OF YOU.
YOU CANNOT DO A. --IT
SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO
WITH BACKFILL AND THEN
THEY KNOW WHERE THE
TURQUOISE IS IT IS A
NO-BRAINER. TO GO TO NO
THE KINGMAN MINE AND SEE
TURQUOISE, IT IS NOT A
MYSTERY. HOW DO YOU GET
TO A? HOW DO YOU GET AND
THEN, LIKE YOU CAN SEE
THE VEINS ON THE SURFACE
ALL OVER. AREA HARD ALL
ROCK DEPOSIT. THE THING
IS, WHEN THEY MOVE IT
THEY HAVE TO MOVE IT IN
STEPS. I DO NOT KNOW IF
THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU.
IF I TOOK YOU OFF OF
THERE YOU WOULD REALLY
SEE IT. SO WHEN THEY GOT
INTO THE BLUE BASIN AND
WERE ABLE TO MINE INTO
THAT AND THEN THEY COULD
NOT GO INTO THE MOUNTAIN
ANY FURTHER. EVEN ANY F
THOUGH THEY CAN SEE THE
TURQUOISE, THEY CAN SEE
THAT NOW AND THEN A
BACKFILL THAT THEY CAN
STEP UP AND GET THE
EQUIPMENT AND THEN THEY
START BREAKING IT DOWN S
TO GET BACK TO THE
TURQUOISE BASIN.
>>HOST: THE COLORS ARE
BEAUTIFUL. THE PRINCIPAL
SET UP TO 7 1/2 SET UP T
INTEREST.
>>HOST: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THE EARRINGS WE
WILL CALL SOLD OUT.
STILL AVAILABLE IN THE
COORDINATED RING. WE
HAVE THAT IS AVAILABLE
FOR YOU AS WELL. THE
PENDANT WE HAVE ABOUT PE
100 OR SO REMAINING
INDEPENDENT. WE HAVE 150
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
NECKLACE INDEPENDENT. HE
PENDANT CAN BE WORN IN
OTHER PIECES. WE HAVE A
LARGE AMETHYST IN THE
MIDDLE. THANK YOU MIDDL
LESLEY FOR YOUR LESLEY F
PATIENCE. WE ARE GLAD
THAT YOU ARE WITH US. TH
YOU ARE ON WITH JAY YOU
KING. HAVE YOU BOUGHT KI
HIS JEWELRY BEFORE?
>>CALLER: YOU MUST BE
KIDDING?
>>HOST:
[LAUGHTER] I'M GUESSING
THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION IS YES, RIGHT?
>>CALLER: DEFINITELY. I
TOLD THE GIRL ON THE
PHONE EARLIER THAT I'LL
MAY REPEAT OFFENDER.
>>HOST: WELCOME TO THE
CLUB. WHAT DO YOU LOVE
ABOUT JAY KING ABOUT JAY
TURQUOISE?
>>CALLER: I LOVE THE
COLORS HE BRINGS OUT. I
LOVE THE FACT THAT HE
TELLS YOU WHERE THEY TEL
COME FROM, HOW THEY ARE
MINED AND EVERYTHING
INVOLVED WITH THE
DESIGNING. I WAS A
JEWELERS APPRENTICE FOR
5 YEARS AND I'VE WORKED
WITH A GOLDSMITH. I
LEARNED ABOUT DIAMONDS
AND EMERALDS AND
SAPPHIRES AND RUBIES AND
EVERYTHING BUT NEVER
ABOUT AMERICANS DIDN'T
STOP AND AMERICAN
CRAFTSMANSHIP. --
AMERICAN STONES
>>GUEST: STONES.
>>GUEST: YOU ARE THE
EASIEST PERSON TO SELL
SOMETHING TO BECAUSE YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
INVOLVED WITH THIS. IT
IS ONE OF THE THINGS IS
THAT I'VE TRIED TO
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHEN E
IT STARTS. IF YOU WERE A
APPRENTICE THEN YOU KNOW
THE WORK THAT GOES INTO
A.
>>CALLER: OH MY GOSH!
--IT
>>GUEST: THAT IS NOT
EVEN BEING TAUGHT
ANYMORE.
>>CALLER: I LOOK AT >>C
THIS AND THINK SOMEBODY
HAS GOT TO BE AS SERIOUS
ABOUT PUTTING THAT
TOGETHER.
>>GUEST: IT IS JUST
FIGHTING THE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE THE SKILLS ANYMORE
THAT ARE DOING IT. YOU
KNOW, IT IS THE JEWELRY
TRADE THAT WAS HANDED
DOWN FROM FAMILY TO
FAMILY. YOU WERE AN
APPRENTICE AND JUST LIKE
YOU YOU APPRENTICED YOU
UNDER SOMEBODY AND THEN
JUST LIKE BEING A SOUS
CHEF, YOU DO NOT DID TO
MAKE THE ENTIRE DESIGN.
>>HOST: YOU DO NOT GET
TO START OFF LIKE
WOLFGANG PUCK. YOU HAVE
TO MAKE YOUR WAY.
>>GUEST: YOU HAVE A
MASTER METAL MAKER THAT
WILL ACTUALLY MAKE THE
DESIGN.
>>HOST: LESLEY WE WERE
DELIGHTED DADDY WITH US.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE I H
REST OF THE SHOW. WE
HAVE MINE BUYING COMING
UP IN THE NEXT HOUR THAT
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT I'V
WILL BE THE SHOWSTOPPER.
I THINK YOU WILL FALL
IN LOVE WITH IT. THANK 283 00:06:51,600 YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR