Emeralds, rubies, diamonds: 180 stones and jewelry exhibitors
More than 180 exhibitors will show up on the Intergem Monday, the latest trends.
Idar-Oberstein. In the showcases it sparkles and shines. Rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds - all precious stones in the world are on the international trade fair for gemstones and gemstone jewelry INTERGEM in Idar-Oberstein (Rheinland-Pfalz) prepared in dozens of shapes and cuts. But the magic of the stones can not hide the fact that the economic crisis has also reached the precious stone industry. "Gems are luxury goods. And you can save on luxury first and foremost, "said the managing director of the Federation of gemstone and diamond industry, Jörg Lindemann, on Friday, the first day of the fair. "Top qualities are still good. What suffers is the middle and lower segments. "
The crisis has hit all firms - some more, others less. Loss of revenue "in the upper double-digit range" are not uncommon. There flap "scissors" on between those who have money and can afford high-quality stones - and the middle segment, the suffering, said the CEO of InterGen, Kai-Uwe Hille.
By hail, the fiscal crisis has companies that are particularly hard in the export road. "Asia is prostrate, lying prostrate U.S.," said Idar-Oberstein gem dealer Constantin Wild, who makes only 10 percent of its sales in Germany - and this year proceeds from minus 40 percent.
Fair gleams as the showcase of the gem trade
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tanzanite Sparkle and glitter
Gem Museum is 150
Agates, rubies, sapphires and diamonds: the German Gemstone Museum in Idar-Oberstein (Rheinland-Pfalz) are all jewels in the world at home. More than 10,000 exhibits glisten and sparkle to meet visitors from the display cases. Tightly closed, of course - after a mini-stones can sometimes be worth as much as a house. "The museum has global importance," says the curator of the house, Manfred Wild. Now it is 150 years old. And the special occasion is again "the head of all stones and work" has been compiled in a special exhibition.
With a special exhibition celebrating the museum's birthday.
It is a tour of superlatives: "We have the thinnest agate bowls in the world," Wild said in the anniversary exhibition "Selected works from 150 years of precious stone," on 25 June is opened. Not far away are "the first tanzanite, has ever existed" (1967) and the "largest engraved tanzanite in the world." Then a rock crystal lotus flower egg on four elephants with a lapis Buddha, carved from one of the largest Indian Rupees. "If this object were processed over four kilos of gold," says the 65-year-old.
Long tradition of gem-
The exhibition shows 150 pieces strong one thing: The long tradition of close-precious stone city. Even today, some 450 companies with approximately 2,500 employees belong to the industry. "There is no other place where all the gems in the world - including all the new discoveries - will be processed and all techniques are available," says Wild, who with his work regularly supplies including the Sultan of Oman. Nevertheless, some things have changed.
Agates, rubies, sapphires and diamonds: the German Gemstone Museum in Idar-Oberstein (Rheinland-Pfalz) are all jewels in the world at home. More than 10,000 exhibits glisten and sparkle to meet visitors from the display cases. Tightly closed, of course - after a mini-stones can sometimes be worth as much as a house. "The museum has global importance," says the curator of the house, Manfred Wild. Now it is 150 years old. And the special occasion is again "the head of all stones and work" has been compiled in a special exhibition.
With a special exhibition celebrating the museum's birthday.
It is a tour of superlatives: "We have the thinnest agate bowls in the world," Wild said in the anniversary exhibition "Selected works from 150 years of precious stone," on 25 June is opened. Not far away are "the first tanzanite, has ever existed" (1967) and the "largest engraved tanzanite in the world." Then a rock crystal lotus flower egg on four elephants with a lapis Buddha, carved from one of the largest Indian Rupees. "If this object were processed over four kilos of gold," says the 65-year-old.
Long tradition of gem-
The exhibition shows 150 pieces strong one thing: The long tradition of close-precious stone city. Even today, some 450 companies with approximately 2,500 employees belong to the industry. "There is no other place where all the gems in the world - including all the new discoveries - will be processed and all techniques are available," says Wild, who with his work regularly supplies including the Sultan of Oman. Nevertheless, some things have changed.
Poor Little Rich Tanzania
This could be reduced in future uranium
Tanzania is one of the largest gold producers in Africa. It exports
diamonds, the rare tanzanite gemstone - and wants to promote uranium
from 2012. Despite the abundance of natural resources, much of the
population lives in poverty.
"Here lives the richest region of the Masai Bahi! He has tens of
thousands of cattle and is a really rich man!" Amosi Juma points to an
area right by us. It is about half as big as a football field,
surrounded by low buildings. The walls of these sheds are made of
branches, which are closely interwoven and cemented with clay. The
roofs of the flat, not even man-sized buildings are made of straw.
Mathias Lyamunda represents the non-governmental organization FEMAPO
It may be that the Maasai must graze his cattle in a few years
elsewhere. Here in central Tanzania, near the capital, Dodoma,
Tanzania's hope the government and several multinationals to promote
uranium may be soon. More than 300 drill holes were created here in
the past four years, says Amosi Juma. The graceful boy from the
village Mkakatika was employed by the drilling. When workers there, he
did not at first really know about uranium, "We have even raised the
question: 'Is not uranium dangerous?' Only then we got gloves. By the
time we had already worked more than a week. "
Tanzania is one of the largest gold producers in Africa. It exports
diamonds, the rare tanzanite gemstone - and wants to promote uranium
from 2012. Despite the abundance of natural resources, much of the
population lives in poverty.
"Here lives the richest region of the Masai Bahi! He has tens of
thousands of cattle and is a really rich man!" Amosi Juma points to an
area right by us. It is about half as big as a football field,
surrounded by low buildings. The walls of these sheds are made of
branches, which are closely interwoven and cemented with clay. The
roofs of the flat, not even man-sized buildings are made of straw.
Mathias Lyamunda represents the non-governmental organization FEMAPO
It may be that the Maasai must graze his cattle in a few years
elsewhere. Here in central Tanzania, near the capital, Dodoma,
Tanzania's hope the government and several multinationals to promote
uranium may be soon. More than 300 drill holes were created here in
the past four years, says Amosi Juma. The graceful boy from the
village Mkakatika was employed by the drilling. When workers there, he
did not at first really know about uranium, "We have even raised the
question: 'Is not uranium dangerous?' Only then we got gloves. By the
time we had already worked more than a week. "
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