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 Post subject: Elise Skalwold Live and In Person!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:14 pm 
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The Edward Arthur Metzger Gem Collection: "A Peek Behind the Curtain"
Thursday, May 7
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“A Peek Behind the Curtain,” a presentation about the world-class gem collection given to Cornell University by the late Edward Arthur Metzger in 2004, is a visual feast of rare and unusual diamonds, exquisite colored stones, gorgeous jades and exotic pearls. The entire 871-piece collection is not on public display, so this is a rare chance to see a number of its fabulous pieces as they come alive on the big screen.

Elise A. Skalwold, an accredited senior gemologist, curator and author involved in research and curating at her alma mater, Cornell University (B.Sc. 1982), will provide insights into the effort it takes to document such a collection. Along with some of the fascinating gemological features encountered along the way, the audience will learn a bit of the history behind the collection and Metzger’s passion for it.

Skalwold co-authored “The Edward Arthur Metzger Gem Collection” with mineralogist Dr. William A. Bassett and Jeffrey A. Scovil, one of the world’s “Grandmasters of Mineral Photography,” whose images capture the extraordinary beauty of the Metzger Collection.

Skalwold. GIA GG, is a consulting gemological curator in the earth and atmospheric sciences department at Cornell, a fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, and is an author/co-author of gemology and mineralogy papers featured in InColor, Gems & Gemology, The Journal of Gemmology and Rocks & Minerals.The 2014 article “The Microworld of Diamonds: Images from Earth's Mantle,” co-authored with world-renowned photomicrographer and gemologist John I. Koivula, recently won the 2014 Best Article of the Year Award for the prestigious publication Rocks & Minerals.

EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Thursday, May 7
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $20
Location: Presentation:
Mercer Island Community and Event Center
8236 Southeast 24th Street
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Social following lecture:
Roanoke Inn
1825 72nd Avenue SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Register: Online at Eventbrite by Tuesday, May 5
Questions: Contact Jeremy Dunn at giawashingtonalumnichapter@gmail.com


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 Post subject: Re: Elise Skalwold Live and In Person!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:37 pm 
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This should be a great program. More info below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-edward ... 6169617762

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