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2000 Australian Gemstones in
Jewellery Design Awards

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GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
(NSW Division) Inc.
GRAND AWARD WINNER


Earth's Curve
Designer: Ian MacArthur
Manufacturer:

9,18,22 and 24 ct gold brooch featuring ironstone matrix opal and lapis lazuli
'Earth's Curve' Grand Award Winner
JW Clements Coloured Diamond Award Winner JW CLEMENTS COLOURED DIAMOND AWARD WINNER

Designer: Meg Black

Manufacturer: Ben Flood, Brian Ward and Grant Caldwell
Black silicon rubber threaded with 18ct yellow and white gold tubes bezel set with cognac and white diamonds. Total weight of cognac diamonds 5.48cts. Total weight of white diamonds 1.84ct.
Cognac Horizon - JW Clements Coloured Diamond Award Equal 2nd EQUAL 2nd
Cognac Horizon
Designer: Bill Hicks
Manufacturer: Bergani Jewellers
Vertical 18ct yellow and white gold pendant featuring brilliant cut cognac diamond (1.48ct), pave set with white diamonds (total 0.42ct) on a wire choker.
Echidna - JW Clements Coloured Diamond Award Equal 2nd EQUAL 2nd
Echidna
Designer: Garry Holloway
Manufacturer: Garry Holloway Fine Jewellery
18ct yellow gold echidna set with upside down Argyle Cahmpagne diamonds. Total diamond weight 3.30 ct.
JW Clements Coloured Diamond Award Equal 2nd EQUAL 2nd
Designer: Mike and Panos Levendis
Manufacturer: Levendi of Perri Jewellers
18ct white and yellow gold diamond ring. Set with one 1.56ct round brilliant cut champagne diamond and four white diamonds totalling 0.36ct.
DEVINO PEARL AWARD WINNER

Gift of the Sea
Designer: Philip Steel

Manufacturer: Philip Steel
A 13mm South Sea Pearl and diamond (0.61ct total) set in 18ct yellow, pink and white gold and titanium brooch.
Gift of the Sea - Devino Pearl Award
2nd PLACE

Designer: Robyn Wernicke

Manufacturer: Robyn Wernicke
18ct, sterling silver, enamel, fine silver stainless steel brooch featuring a Broome pearl.
Equal 2nd Place - Devino Pearl Award
Green and Gold - Winner Go Goanna Gemstone Award GO GOANNA GEMSTONE AWARD WINNER
Green and Gold

Designer: Michael Hedges
Manufacturer: Russell McCullough Jewellers
Chrysoprase (Marlborough Qld) boomerangs all cut and polished by the designer joined with 14ct yellow gold and set with a total of 0.22ct of diamonds into a necklet.
Nation Builders - Equal 2nd Go Goanna Gemstone Award EQUAL 2nd
Nation Builders

Designer: Don Everingham
Manufacturer: Don Everingham
18ct yellow and rose gold and sterling silver brooch with free form chrysoprase (WA) arrowhead and natural gold nugget (Kilkevan Qld) The gold nuggets represents the gold rush era; the boomerang our aboriginal heritage; nail and drill bit our modern development; chrysoprase arrow is pointing to our future; inset with gold to represent our sporting heritage.
The Yacht - Equal 2nd Go Goanna Gemstone Award EQUAL 2nd
The Yacht

Designer: Bruno Notaro
Manufacturer:
An 18ct yellow and white gold yacht featuring natural gold quartz.
HOUSE OF JEWELLERY LAPIDARY AWARD WINNER

Marble Stars
Designer: Boyd Sweeney

Manufacturer: Boyd Sweeney
Crown cut 16.7ct spinel and zircons (0.02ct each) from the Wold River, NE Tas
Marble Stars - House of Jewellery Lapidary Award Winner
2nd PLACE

Aegyptian Fan
Designer: Daniela Manna

Manufacturer: Daniela Manna
Blue on black crystal opal 8.20ct retaining some potch
Aegyptian Fan - House of Jewellery Lapidary 2nd Place
'Earth's Curve' - Winner - Shermann 1896 Opal Award SHERMAN 1896
OPAL AWARD WINNER


Earth's Curve
Designer: Ian MacArthur
Manufacturer:

9,18,22 and 24 ct gold brooch featuring ironstone matrix opal and lapis lazul
EQUAL 2nd

Swivelling Tassel
Designer: Helen Parer
Manufacturer: Rodney Webb

An 18ct yellow gold swivelling four sided 7.52ct boulder opal (Winton, Qld) and diamonds (0.32ct) tassel pendant
'Flying a Kite' - 2nd Place - Shermann 1896 Opal Award EQUAL 2nd

Flying a Kite
Designer: Mike Constable
Manufacturer: Lisa Maata

18ct yellow and white gold Queensland boulder opal brooch set with diamonds in the form of a yacht in full sail.
HIGHLY COMMENDED

Greenback Turtle
Designer: Russell Lang
Manufacturer: Mark Miles

Opal, pearl and diamond turtle brooch.
SAPPHEX SAPPHIRE AWARD

Great Divide
Designer: S J Rice
Manufacturer: S J Rice

Heavy set 1.70ct parti sapphire (Inverell NSW) and 0.14ct tapered baguette diamond ring.
'Great Divide' - Winner - Sapphex Sapphire Award

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