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		<title>Hallmarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people contacting me wanting to know more about there piece of jewelry and the hallmark it has on the back.  They will send me the initials in hopes I can tell them more about the artist.  Unless it is an artist I know, it is difficult to answer their questions. I have many books [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2010/03/31/hallmarks/</link>
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		<title>Swimming with your jewelry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is that time of year when we want to go swimming.  I just want to warn you that the clorine from pools and hot tubs can damage the finish on your lovely sterling silver jewelry.  It can also be very harsh on porous gemstones like turquoise.  So when swimming  you may want to leave your precious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2010/03/31/swimming-with-your-jewelry/</link>
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		<title>How do I clean my muscial instruments?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am always getting emails about cleaning musical instruments, recently I got this one, I had told him I would check with the experts since I am not that experienced cleaning musical instruments.  This is his response to my assistance and the information I gave him:
Rex:
Thank you it is s must needed product for tuba [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2010/01/19/how-do-i-clean-my-muscial-instruments/</link>
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		<title>Help I have discolored my gemstones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite often I get emails from folks that have accidentally discolored their turquoise or other semi-precious stones.  I thought I would post my last correspondence in hopes this information will be helpful to others.
Here is the original email, with his permission and  he told me to leave the &#8220;I&#8217;m an idiot&#8221; part in so I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2010/01/16/help-i-have-discolored-my-gemstones/</link>
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		<title>Shipping information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We ship via the U.S. Mail, insured, six days a week.  We have several shipping options.  For continental U.S. we offer free shipping, first class, for orders over $200.00. 
For continental U.S. we offer the following:  First Class Mail for $5.50, Priority Mail for $8.50 and U.S. Express mail for $25.00 
For International shipping we offer Express, insured, mail only for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2009/12/30/16/</link>
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		<title>Closed for the holidays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, we are currently closed for the holidays until January 4, 2010.  We are also in the process of making changes to our 2010 line.  Orders are still being taken, emails are being answered periodically, but we will not resume shipping until the 4th.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2009/12/30/closed-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<title>About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For 12 years Southwest Affinity and owner, Beverley Jones, have been trading and working directly with Native American Indian craftspeople from numerous Nations to try and bring you unique and affordable, authentic American Indian jewelry and artifacts.  We love what we do and the products that our artisans create by hand especially for our customers.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2009/12/29/about/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Southwest Affinity Blog by Beverley Jones.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hi, we receive lots of emails with questions regarding the cleaning of sterling silver, hallmarks, etc.  Things that seem to be on the minds of many, so to address these and keep our customers abreast of what is going on here, we will be posting questions and answers, news and updates here in the blog in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://southwestaffinity.com/blog/2009/12/29/hello-world/</link>
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