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Platinum Honors, sponsored by Platinum Guild International, recognizes outstanding use of platinum in colored gemstone and\/or pearl jewelry in the five Spectrum Awards categories and for the Best Use of Color and Platinum. New for this year, Platinum Honors adds three new categories: Platinum Honors Innovation \u2013 Bridal Wear under $2,500, Platinum Honors Innovation \u2013 Classical under $3,500 and Platinum Honors Innovation \u2013 Day Wear under $2,000.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Yehouda Saketkhou, Yael Designs:<\/a> Platinum “Triad” ring featuring a 6.34 ct. unheated blue Sapphire <\/span><\/span><\/span>accented with white Diamonds (1.03 ctw.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Robert Pelliccia, J.R. Dunn Jewelers<\/a>: Platinum ring featuring a 1.37 ct. round blue Sapphire accented with <\/span><\/span><\/span>Diamonds (.46 ctw.) and blue Sapphires (.28 ctw.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Business\/Day Wear – Platinum Honors<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\nMaria Canale, Richard Krementz Gemstones<\/a>: Platinum “Wave” pendant featuring a 2.18 ct. Paraiba <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tourmaline accented with Diamonds (3.72 ctw.).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ron Lodholz, Stonehaven Jewelry Gallery<\/a>: Platinum ring with a 1.41 ct. Aquamarine, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Diamond Accent (.06 ctw.).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Christopher Olson, Molina Fine Jewelers:<\/a> Platinum “Temple of the Sacred Heart” ring featuring a 10.05 ct. <\/span><\/span><\/span>oval untreated Ruby accented with white Diamonds (7.18 ctw.) and Rubies (.22 ctw.).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Evening Wear – Platinum Honors (see photo above)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\nRalph Wobito, Zultanite Gems<\/a>, LLC: Platinum earrings featuring Zultanite (Diaspore) briolettes (25.15 ctw.) <\/span><\/span><\/span>accented with white Diamonds (0.95 ctw.).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Three new categories have been added to the Platinum Honors Division of the AGTA’s 2011 Spectrum Awards\u2122. We have photos of four of the winners and as we receive photos we will add them. There will be a complete photo gallery later on Posterous at: http:\/\/aflyonthewall.posterous.com\/ Platinum Honors, sponsored by Platinum Guild International, recognizes outstanding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}