One GRAND PRIZE will be awarded. The Grand Prize winner will receive a 14K white gold diamond ovals pendant. The diamond is ½ total carat weight. The approximate retail value is $1,100.

Ten FIRST PRIZES will be awarded. The First Prize winners will receive a 14K white gold diamond heart pendant. The diamond is 0.23 total carat weight. The diamond clarity is H-I / I1-I2. The approximate retail value is $389.

Do these jewelry pieces look nice to you? You could win them by taking our surveys! Log on to www.jcoc.net to sign up and automatically be entered into the sweepstakes every time you take a survey!

In a statement released on Friday, the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council, JCOC, announced it will be giving away 11 prizes for its sweepstakes, doubling the number of prizes given away in previous years. "The consumer is the most important voice in the jewelry industry" stated MVI president Liz Chatelain. "We have decided to double the number of prizes we give away because our panelists are so active with us we would like the chance to thank and reward more of them in our sweepstakes".

Since early 2004, the JCOC has been conducting industry research utilizing opinions belonging to the panel of consumers making up the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council. JCOC panel members are given entries into the sweepstakes drawing held every two months at the JCOC for participating in important research studies. Past prizes have included pearl earrings, gold bracelets and diamond necklaces.

A rare treasure has just been uncovered! The largest tanzanite ever, an exceptional 525.55 carat clean, cushion cut  tanzanite, has recently been cut and polished by Rare Multicolor Gems at their cutting facilities in Jaipur, India.  

The unusually large piece of rough was uncovered at the TanzaniteOne mining facility in Merelani, Tanzania, in early 2008.   Rare Multicolor Gems" skilled cutters have meticulously shaped this stone to reflect maximum brilliance, while keeping its incredible size and unique color. 

Plans are being made to send the extraordinary gem to the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) for grading and certification according to the Tanzanite Foundation"s Tanzanite Quality Scale™.

Mr. Khatoria of Rare Multicolor Gems comments: "We are so honored to have had the privilege to experience such a gem in our lifetime. Really this find is a one of a kind!"

Ask Ms. Liz a question

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Do you want to win free jewelry? Sign up for the JCOC's panel and be entered to win our bi-monthly sweepstakes every time you take a survey! Visit www.jcoc.net to sign up!

"As an industry we have to start listening to the voice of the jewelry consumer, especially during these unprecedented economic times. The consumer will tell us what they want us to be and what products they want us to make" Martin Hurwitz, CEO of MVI, stated at the AGTA Dinner Dance and Spectrum Awards™ Gala. The gala took place during the 2009 AGTA GemFair™ Tucson show and honored winners of the 2009 Spectrum Awards competition including winners of the Consumer Choice Honors award, presented by Martin Hurwitz and Douglas K. Hucker, CEO of AGTA.

As a part of this year"s AGTA Spectrum Awards™, AGTA, in conjunction with MVI Marketing"s Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC) division, introduced the new Consumer Choice Honors awards. The JCOC created and deployed a consumer market research study to select the winning choices for the Consumer Choice Honors awards and one winning style, selected by JCOC consumer panel members, was identified in each of the five categories of the traditional AGTA Spectrum Awards™.

Bridal: Khai Le of Charles Koll Jewellers, San Diego, CA

Business/Day Wear: Pamela Froman of Pamela Froman Fine Jewelry, Los Angeles, CA

Classical Wear: Richard Krementz of Richard Krementz Gemstones, Springfield, NJ

Evening Wear: Dennis deJonghe of deJonghe, Saratoga Springs, NY

Men"s Wear: Robert Pelliccia of J.R. Dunn Jewelers, Lighthouse Point, FL

Business/Day wear winning designer Pamela Froman, Pamela Froman Fine Jewelry studio manager Jilienne Hart and MVI Marketing Ltd. CEO Martin Hurwitz.
Photo Credit: Kelly George/AGTA

MVI Marketing Ltd. CEO Martin Hurwitz and evening wear winning designer Dennis deJonghe.
Photo Credit: Kelly George/AGTA

MVI Marketing Ltd. CEO Martin Hurwitz, men's wear winning designer Robert Pelliccia with his wife Tammy.
Photo Credit: Kelly George/AGTA

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Archived newsletters are available in case you missed one, or wish to see what they are all about. See who our past winners were and the prizes they won, view study results, fashion news and trends, and more. Visit www.jcoc.net to view them all!

Latest Consumer Newsletter: January-February 2009

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