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The Girl Scouts of Nebraska recently paid a visit to Omaha, Neb. retailer Borsheims as part of an arts-based fundraiser for the organization.

It was a coast-to-coast kind of week. Saturday, the JA New York Winter show kicked off in Manhattan while Sunday night was the Academy Awards, which is huge for both film and jewelry placement on celebrities.

Jewelers of America’s Jewelry Information Center hosted an Editor Preview event on Feb. 28 for members of the press to check out the pieces offered by few of its member brands.

The opening of Baselworld in Switzerland, a party at the new International Gem Tower and a press preview at Robert Lee Morris in Manhattan were the buzzing events in the industry this week.

Events in the jewelry industry were all over the map this week, including a cocktail reception to launch a jeweler’s partnership with an art museum in Florida, a press preview in New York and a professional athlete stepping out at a Rado store in London.

A gem-laden Easter egg hunt, a Farimined gold trophy by Chopard and jewelry at the MTV Movie Awards are among the jewelry-related events that happened around the globe this week.

The kickoff of Conclave, a Blue Book unveiling for Tiffany & Co. and a cruise for Pandora fans were among the jewelry-related events this week.

The jewelry industry was abuzz with events this week, spanning one coast to the other.

The Kentucky Derby, the annual gala at the Met, a fundraiser in Los Angeles and a WJA Chat & Chill event made for a busy week.

Members of the jewelry industry cleaning the streets, a fashion illustrator painting Jaeger LeCoultre’s new collection the way she sees it and a trunk show in Florida were among the visual highlights of the week.

For the past week and a half, the industry has been busy in Sin City.

There aren’t many in the jewelry industry who can say they’ve met HRH the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton.

A luncheon with a famous designer, a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a Georgia jeweler and a corporate social responsibility promise in Mumbai are among the recent events in the industry.

This week’s slideshow has an international, even universal, flair.

A jewelry show and an education program in India and viewings of new designs and 3-D printed jewelry in New York were among the happenings in the industry this week.

New York City dominates this week’s slideshow, as many in the industry flocked to Manhattan for the usual slate of summer events.

A career fair with the GIA, Rock Lobsters from Kara Ross and an annual retailer conference in California were among the recent events in the jewelry industry.

Rio Tinto’s upcoming tender of red and pink diamonds from its Argyle mine in Western Australia, a drop in crime reported by the Jewelers’ Security Alliance and an auction that includes once-lost diamonds that belonged to mystery writer Agatha Christie were among the events making headlines in the jewelry industry.

Sofia Vergara teaming with Kay Jewelers, De Beers getting into the secondhand diamond business and Sotheby’s putting an 8.41-carat internally flawless fancy vivid purple-pink up on the auction block--it’s all covered in this week’s slideshow.

Two awards shows, the MTV Video Music Awards and the Emmys, added some red carpet glamour to an otherwise quiet late August week for the jewelry industry.

This week, jewelry made an appearance among the equestrian events at the annual Hampton Classic while Leibish & Co. revealed its polished “Purple Orchid” diamond, a fancy intense pinkish-purple stone.

Although it won’t officially be fall until the autumnal equinox on Sept. 23, it appears the slow-news days of summer are over.

This week, Petra sold its 122.52-carat big blue diamond for $27.6 million, falling short of the world record price for a rough diamond, while Storm Mountain Diamonds uncovered a 23.82-carat pink diamond in the Kingdom of Lesotho.

Monday began with the resignation of Fyodor Andreev, president of Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond producer by volume.