IS
IS LIKE
IS LIKE A
IS LIKE A SIGNATURE JAY KING LAW, I THINK THAT
MIGHT BE THE NECKLACE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL!
>> Guest: IT IS ONE OF
THE COMBINATIONS I USED
ENTIRE CAREER.
ENTIRE CAREER. YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH
IT.
IT.
IT. IT'S
IT. IT'S KIND OF MAKING IT
TO TRANSLUCENT THERE.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, THE
AQUA.
AQUA.
AQUA. >>
AQUA. >> Host: IS TALK ABOUT
THE AQUAMARINE.
THE AQUAMARINE. BY THE WAY, YOU ARE
SHOPPING FOR THE AMBER,
WE HAVE FEWER THAN 100
TO GO AROUND IN THE
AMBER.
AMBER.
AMBER. IF
AMBER. IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT
THAT AQUA NECKLACE,
THAT'S GOING VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. LET'S GIVE A LOOK AT A
TWO STRAND AQUAMARINE
NECKLACE.
NECKLACE.
NECKLACE. WE WILL HAVE MATCHING
EARRINGS FOR YOU AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. BUT
WELL. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE
ALL THESE PRETTY
PASTELS.
PASTELS.
PASTELS. TELL US ABOUT YOUR
OPAQUE AQUAMARINE.
OPAQUE AQUAMARINE. IF GOD IS BEAUTIFUL,
SORT OF SEAWATER BLUE.
IT IS JUST DREAMY AND
SERENE AND REALLY
GORGEOUS WITH ALL THE
PASTEL SHADES FOR
SPRING.
SPRING.
SPRING. >> Guest: YOU HAVE AQUA,
WHICH MEANS WATER IN
LATIN, RIGHT?
LATIN, RIGHT? SO AQUAMARINE , THAT IS
WHAT YOU GET ITS NAME
FROM BECAUSE IT IS BLUE,
IT IS LIKE WATER, IT
LOOKS LIKE WATER, IT
REMINDS YOU OF THE VERY
-- LIKE A NICE, SOFT
CARIBBEAN BLUE.
CARIBBEAN BLUE. THE THING WITH
AQUAMARINE, TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH WHEN YOU SAW
IT IN MY DESIGNS BEFORE,
WE WERE ALWAYS USING
CHIPS OR SOMETHING.
IT'S ONE OF THE MORE
EXPENSIVE ROUGH
EXPENSIVE ROUGH MATERIALS.
MATERIALS. IT IS VERY HARD TO GET
IT, SO USUALLY YOU HAVE
TO USE EITHER MATERIAL
THAT IS SMALLER THAT
THEY CANNOT FACET OR CUT
OR IS NOT OF CUTTING
GRADE SIZE, SO I HAVE TO
TELL YOU WHEN I CAME ON
THIS, AND THIS IS THE
NATURAL MATERIAL THAT IT
COMES FROM NORTHWESTERN
CHINA.
CHINA.
CHINA. THEY LITERALLY -- I
FOUND THIS -- I'VE GOT
TO TELL YOU, IT IS THE
ONLY AQUAMARINE THAT I
CAN GET THAT I CAN
AFFORD TO BRING YOU AT A
REALLY -- IT IS A SUPER,
SUPER GOOD DEAL.
WE ARE DEALING MINE
DIRECT WITH IT, BUT IT'S
THE ONLY AQUA DUCK IT'S
REALLY A KIND OF HIKE
WHERE AQUAMARINE THAT WE
GET, BUT I ACTUALLY --
IT IS BIG ENOUGH THAT I
CAN CUT BIG THINGS WITH
IT.
IT.
IT. I
IT. I CAN
IT. I CAN DO ALL KINDS OF
LARGE CABOCHON, LARGE
BEADS, BUT THIS IS
NATURAL.
NATURAL.
NATURAL. THIS IS HOW IT COMES OUT
OF THE MINE.
NOW THIS IS ONE OF MY
SPECIMENS, BUT WHAT'S
REALLY INTERESTING?
REALLY INTERESTING? I FOUND THIS ACTUALLY ON
A TURQUOISE BUYING TRIP.
I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE, AND SOMEBODY
ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS TO
ME.
ME.
ME. I
ME. I REALLY DID NOT KNOW
WHAT IT WAS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AQUA,
BUT I WAS NOT REALLY
SURE.
SURE.
SURE. WHEN WE HAD IT TESTED,
WE WERE LIKE WOW.
THE THING -- THINK ABOUT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. ACTUALLY HAVE IS MINE,
THEY HAVE TO WALK BACK
IN FROM THE VILLAGE.
IT IS UPHILL.
I HAVE PICTURES OF THE
TRAIL THAT THEY TAKE.
I DID NOT WALK UP THERE,
BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF
THE MINE.
THE MINE.
THE MINE. I MEAN, THIS IS A HIKE.
THEY HIKE UP IN THERE.
THEY MINE IT ABOUT SIX
MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
IT GETS SNOWED IN, BUT
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN THAT
THEY MINE OUT OF, AND WE
HAVE PICTURES OF THE
DEPOSIT WHERE THEY ARE
MINING IT.
MINING IT. IF YOU WENT OVER THE
MOUNTAINTOP, ACTUALLY IT
IS THE BORDER AND ON THE
OTHER SIDE IT IS
PAKISTAN , SO IF YOU CAN
PICTURE IN YOUR MIND
GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE
GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE THAT IS -- SO YOU HAVE
TO PAKISTAN, SO THIS IS
NORTHWESTERN CHINA.
NORTHWESTERN CHINA. YOU KNOW, EVEN THE LOCAL
PEOPLE, THEY DON'T
REALLY LOOK CHINESE.
THEY HAVE MORE OF,
ALMOST LIKE A MONGOLIAN
KIND OF FEATURES, VERY,
VERY DIFFERENT.
VERY DIFFERENT. THEY ALMOST, YOU KNOW,
THEY COULD BE LIKE
PAKISTANI OR -- THEY
KIND OF HAVE DIFFERENT
FEATURES.
FEATURES.
FEATURES. THEY DO NOT LOOK CHINESE
WHATSOEVER.
WHATSOEVER. THEY'VE GOT A VERY -- I
GOT PICTURES OF KIND OF
SOME GROUP PHOTOS AND
STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT
WAS -- THIS IS WHAT'S
REALLY FUN.
REALLY FUN. >> Host: SO IT IS NOT
EASY TO GET TO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Guest: SO THINK ABOUT
THIS, OKAY?
THIS, OKAY? THEY WALK LITERALLY --
IT'S ABOUT 20, 25 MILES
BACK UP THIS PATH TO GO
TO THE DEPOSIT.
THEY DO THIS ALL WITH
PRY BARS, CHISELS, PRY
BARS. THEY GO UP THERE,
CAMP FOR TWO OR THREE
DAYS, THEY CHISEL OUT
THE MATERIAL, THEY GRADE
IT UP THERE, THEY CALLED
IT OUT SO THEY GET RID
OF ALL THE HOST ROCKS,
THEY PUT IN THEIR
BACKPACKS.
BACKPACKS. NOW THINK ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO
CARRY SOMETHING DOWN ON
YOUR BACK FOR THAT FAR,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? WOULD YOU BRING THE
WORST GRADE MATERIAL OR
WOULD YOU BRING THE BEST
GRADE MATERIAL?
GRADE MATERIAL? I THINK IT WON'T TAKE
YOU VERY MANY TRIPS
BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO
BRING THE BEST GRADE
MATERIAL.
MATERIAL.
MATERIAL. IT WAS REALLY AMAZING
FOR US TO -- BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING
THIS ON LOCAL MARKETS
AND STUFF AND NOT REALLY
GETTING MUCH FOR IT.
SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING
ON A YOU KNOW, IT'S
REALLY KIND OF A COOL
THING THAT WE ARE ALL
DOING TOGETHER TO BE
ABLE TO GET THIS GRADE
AQUAMARINE, AND YOU KNOW
AGAIN YOU CAN GET BIG
PIECES. YOU GET LARGE
PIECES, BUT OKAY.
ANYWAY, THEY GET IN DOWN
TO THE VILLAGE, OKAY?
THAT IS KIND OF A ROAD
INTO THE VILLAGE, LIKE I
MADE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE,
MADE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE, SO YOU GET IN THERE, SO
THEY HAVE TO GET IT
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. HOW
DOWN. HOW WE GET THIS IS IT
GOES OF -- THEY GO TO --
VILLAGE, ONCE THEY GET
ENOUGH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY
THAT ACTUALLY PICS SET
UP IN THIS 4 X 4, THEY
TAKE IT DOWN, THEY TAKE
IT DOWN TO A RAILWAY.
WE PUT IT ON -- RAILWAY
. THE RAILWAY TICKET TO
THE HARBOR, THE HARBOR,
WE PUT IT IN THE
CONTAINER, AND THE
CONTAINER, WE SHIP IT TO
WHERE WE DO OUR LAPIDARY
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> Host: THERE IS
MEANING TO IT TAKES A
VILLAGE.
VILLAGE.
VILLAGE. IT TAKES LIKE --
>> Guest: YOU KNOW THAT
, LIKE I TELL PEOPLE
THIS AND THEY JUST DO
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? YOU
WHAT? YOU KNOW, IN THE
MAJORITY OF THE CASES
THE FREIGHT AND THE
SHIPPING THE LOGISTICS
OF GETTING IT TO THE
CUTTING SHOP IN MOST
CASES CAUSES MORE THAN
BUYING THE MATERIAL.
>> Host: MORE THAN THE
MATERIAL ITSELF.
MATERIAL ITSELF. LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS
MATERIAL IS, AND YOU GET
ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
HAND SELECTED, HAND
SORTED, THEY ARE
HANDMADE, HAND STRUNG,
HAND BEADED NECKLACES,
SOLID STERLING SILVER'S
OF THE TOTAL LENGTH IS
ABOUT 18 INCHES.
YOU WOULD GET A 2 3/4
INCH EXTENDER, SO YOU
CAN ADJUST IT ANYWHERE
ALONG THE NECKLINE , AND
THEN LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
THESE BEADS.
THESE BEADS. WHEN HE SAYS THEY GET
SOME REALLY NICE
SPECIMENS, LET ME READ
YOU SOME OF THE CITED.
A 10 BY 15 MILLIMETER,
10 BY 14 MILLIMETER, AND
THESE ARE DONE IN A SORT
OF FREEFORM SHAPE.
LOOK AT THE FUN SHAPE OF
THESE BEADS.
THESE BEADS. THERE ALMOST DONE AND
LIKE A SPIRAL, SO IT IS
NOT THAT EXPECTED SHAPE
OF A BEAD.
THEY ARE NOT PRECUT OR
PRE-CALIBRATED.
PRE-CALIBRATED. THEY EACH HAVE THIS FUN,
VERY FLUID, AND FREEFORM
DESIGN THAT IS SO
UNIQUE, AND THAT YOU'VE
GOT THOSE RON TERRELLS
RONDELLES.
RONDELLES. YOU'RE GETTING ALL OF
THIS FOR UNDER $150, AND
IT'S ALL BRAND-NEW, SO
IF YOU'VE NEVER TRIED
JAY KING'S AQUAMARINE,
THIS IS PERFECT FOR YOU
MARCH BABIES.
MARCH BABIES. THIS IS YOUR BIRTHSTONE,
AND MARCH IS JUST AROUND
THE CORNER, SO MAYBE
THIS IS A GIFT FOR YOUR
MOM OR DAUGHTER.
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE
WHO'S EXPECTING A BABY
IN MARCH?
IN MARCH?
IN MARCH? THIS WOULD BE A
BEAUTIFUL GIFT FOR THAT
NEW MOM SCYLLA RUNNING
THAT MARCH BIRTHSTONE.
IT IS ALSO A STONE WITH
A LOT OF ANCIENT
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. PRIMING ROMANS CARVED
IT, THE GREEKS USED IT
AS A WEDDING GIFT.
IT WAS ALSO SAID TO BE A
STARTER PROTECTION AND
SAFE PASSAGE ACROSS A
STORMY SEA, IT'S ABOUT
THE WRITER'S ORIGIN IS
INVINCIBLE.
INVINCIBLE. I HEARD SOME OF THOSE.
JUST LIKE A LOT OF
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >> Host: SO MANY
GENERATIONS, SO MANY
ANCIENT SCYLLA VILLAS
ASIANS HAVE LOVED
ADORNING THEMSELVES WITH
GEMSTONES, JUST LIKE WE
DID.
DID.
DID. >>
DID. >> Guest: I AM A BIG
HISTORY GUY, RIGHT?
I LOVE HISTORY AND I
LOVE -- WHEN I GO TO
EVEN THE MOST REMOTE
LOCATIONS I GO TO, WHEN
YOU ARE IN LIKE THE MAIN
AREA, THEY ALWAYS HAVE
SOME KIND OF MUSEUM.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT
WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
I MEAN IT IS LIKE
SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY
HAS PUT TOGETHER, THEY
ARE VERY PROUD OF, WHERE
THEY COLLECTED IT.
BUT IF YOU GO TO ANY OF
THE MAJOR MUSEUMS,
AQUAMARINE IS ONE OF THE
GEMSTONES THAT IS IN MY
CROWN JEWELS. YOU KNOW,
AT ONE TIME IT WAS
PERCEIVED ALMOST LIKE --
IT'S REALLY FUNNY, LIKE
EMERALD, AMETHYST,
EMERALD, AMETHYST, THINGS LIKE THAT
ACTUALLY WOULD'VE BEEN
PERCEIVED AS HIGHER
VALUE THAN DIAMONDS.
SO WHEN YOU GO AND YOU
LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
ORNATE, ESPECIALLY
ORNATE, ESPECIALLY WEAPONS AND KNIVES AND
STUFF, YOU WOULD BE SET
WITH ALL THE GEMSTONES,
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT
IT, AND YOU WILL -- YOU
CAN TELL WHAT THEY
REALLY LOVED, AND THEY
LOVED THE COLORED STUFF
SO DIAMONDS WAS KIND OF
LIKE JUST THERE LAST
CHOICE.
CHOICE.
CHOICE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NOW,
THEY THINK OF DIAMONDS,
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN
COMPANIES, BUT A LOT OF
ANCIENT CULTURES SOUGHT
MATERIAL LIKE THIS,
WASN'T AMETHYSTS AND
THOSE TYPES OF
MATERIALS.
MATERIALS. >> Host: THERE WERE THE
MOST PRIZED.
MOST PRIZED. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
COLOR.
COLOR.
COLOR. IF
COLOR. IF THEY DID NOT HAVE
SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IT
TO THE LENS OF A
MICROSCOPE, WHY NOT JUST
PICK YOUR FAVORITE COLOR
AND TYPE IT IN?
IF YOU LOVE THIS COLOR,
SHOP IT QUICKLY.
LET'S GO TO THE PHONES.
LET'S SAY HI TO OUR NEXT
COLOR.
COLOR.
COLOR. I
COLOR. I AM SARAH, AND THIS IS
JAY KING.
JAY KING.
JAY KING. YOU ARE LIVE WITH US ON
HSN, AND WHERE ARE YOU
COMING FROM?
COMING FROM? >> Caller: MY NAME IS
LOIS, AND I'M CALLING
FROM VIRGINIA.
FROM VIRGINIA. >> Host: WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. >>
SHOW. >> Caller: WANTED TO
SAY HI.
SAY HI.
SAY HI. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE
I TALKED TO JAY, AND I
WANTED TO TELL YOU I GOT
THE DREAM BLUE NECKLACE.
I LOVE IT.
BLUE IS MY FAVORITE
COLOR, AND MY HUSBAND
GOT IT, SO I WILL GET IT
FOR YOU FOR YOUR
BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I HAVE
A BIRTHDAY COMING UP
THIS MONTH, AND I WANTED
TO ASK HIM WHERE IT WAS
FROM.
FROM.
FROM. >>
FROM. >> Guest: THE DREAM BLUE
OPAL, IT COMES FROM
INDIA.
INDIA.
INDIA. AND TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU, IN MY ENTIRE
LIFETIME, OKAY?
LIFETIME, OKAY? I'VE ONLY BOUGHT TWO
DIFFERENT STONES THAT
WERE ACTUALLY MINES IN
INDIA.
INDIA.
INDIA. ONE WAS PERIDOT THAT I
GOT, AND THIS WAS THE
SECOND MINE FIND I'VE
EVER FOUND. ACTUALLY,
WHEN I FIRST SAW IT AND
WE BROUGHT IT TO ME
INITIALLY THE FIRST
SAMPLE OF THE RAW
MATERIAL, AND I SAID
WHERE IS IT FROM?
THEY SAID INDIA.
I SAID NO BECAUSE I
CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY
PEOPLE TELL ME THAT IT
COMES FROM INDIA.
NO, IT DOES NOT.
IT COME FROM SOMEPLACE
IN THE WORLD, AND MAYBE
AN INDIAN TRADER IS
GETTING THE ROUGH, BUT
IT ACTUALLY IS MINES IN
INDIA.
INDIA.
INDIA. I
INDIA. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE
PEOPLE MINING IT, AND
IT'S ALL THE LOCAL
VILLAGES.
VILLAGES.
VILLAGES. IT COMES OUT OF THIS
OPEN PIT MINE, AND ALL
THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA
AFTER THE MINE WAS
ABANDONED, NOW IT IS
ABANDONED, AND THEY
FOUND THESE OPAL SEAMS,
SO THEY LITERALLY HAND-
PICKED THIS.
PICKED THIS. THEY TAKE PIECES OF
REBAR AND ACTUALLY PRY
IT OUT.
IT OUT.
IT OUT. >> Host: THANK YOU SO