~ By Marc Choyt, publisher Introduction: In my previous post, I discussed how Jewelers of America wrote a letter to jewelers which deals with the quandary of selling dirty gold to people this Christmas season. Here, I offer my own, alternative letter.

“Jewellers should be putting pressure on their Trade Associations to make sure they are being represented in these debates.” — Sonya Maldar of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) ~ Opinion by Marc Choyt, publisher The latest public relations crisis in the jewelry world is an upcoming segment on 60 Minutes on “conflict gold”,