The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA; New York) announced that it has launched "InColor," a new magazine that replaces the association's two decade-old "ICA Gazette" newsletter.The International Colored Gemstone gemstone Any of various minerals prized for beauty, durability, and rarity. A few noncrystalline materials of organic origin (e.g., pearl, red coral, and amber) also are classified as gemstones. Association (ICA Ica (ē`kä), city (1993 pop. 108,724), capital of Ica dept., SW Peru, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a commercial center for the cotton, wool, and wine produced in the region. There are several summer resorts nearby. ; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) announced that it has launched "InColor," a new magazine that replaces the association's two decade-old "ICA Gazette" newsletter. The mission of the magazine is to "promote the understanding, appreciation and sale of colored not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color gemstones throughout the world," ICA said. The new title "fills a vacuum in the market, caused by the absence of an international trade publication that focuses specifically on the vertical colored gemstone industry, from mine to market." It will be published six times a year for both ICA members and non-member industry professionals. |
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