Woman's jewelry line raises awareness of eating disorders

DALLAS - You enter one tightly locked door and then another. Then, Patti Geolat must open a large vault to reveal what is bound to be one of the most eclectic collections of jewelry in all of Dallas. “I get to wake up every day and play with jewelry,” she said with a smile. “I’ve got the biggest jewelry box I ever imagined I could have.” Geolat is an entrepreneur. A gemologist and jewelry appraiser, she buys and sells estate jewelry and does business with investors around the world. Currently, the oldest piece in her collection is delicate gold bracelet dating back to around 1830. “That is all hand-tooled and hand-finished. Every one of the links would have been rolled out by hand and hand-pierced as well,” Geolat said, pointing to the piece she said she wears on a frequent basis. Her collection also includes a Victorian-era gold necklace, broaches and pins from the early Read more