All posts tagged "gem profile"

  • Gem Profile June 29: Chrysoprase

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Chrysoprase Shop Chrysoprase Beads Chrysoprase is the apple-green form of chalcedony, instantly recognizable by its color, which is caused by nickel. Chrysoprase can be opauque, semitransparent, and even slightly translucent. Chrysoprase is found...

    • Posted June 29, 2012
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  • Gem Profile June 22: Chrysocolla

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Chrysocolla Shop Chrysocolla Beads | Shop Chrysocolla Cabochons Chrysocolla, also called gem silica is found in large deposits and is fairly common; yet gem-quality chrysocolla is very hard to come by. Why? Because...

    • Posted June 22, 2012
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  • Gem Profile June 15: Carnelian

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Carnelian Shop Carnelian Beads | Shop Carnelian Cabochons Carnelian is the rusty, red-orange translucent form of chalcedony. Sard is practically a synonym for carnelian, since there aren’t hard and fast rules about calling...

    • Posted June 15, 2012
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  • Gem Profile June 8: Chalcedony

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Chalcedony Shop Chalcedony Beads Chalcedony used to be considered a fibrous variety of quarts. However, it has been shown to contain quartz as well as moganite, a different form of silicon dioxide with...

    • Posted June 8, 2012
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  • Rare Floral Fossil Coral Colors
    Gem Profile June 1: Petoskey Stones and Indonesian Fossil Coral

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Petoskey Stones and Indonesian Fossil Coral, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Agate Beads | Shop Agate Cabochons This article on agatized fossil coral brings our discussion of agates to a close....

    • Posted June 1, 2012
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  • Gem Profile May 25: Thundereggs and Mexican Lace Agate

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Thundereggs and Mexican Lace Agate, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Agate Beads | Shop Mexican Crazy Lace Agate Cabochons | Shop Blue Lace Agate Cabochons | Shop Agate Cabochons | Shop...

    • Posted May 25, 2012
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  • Gem Profile May 18: Moss Agate and Plume Agate

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Moss Agate and Plume Agate, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Agate Beads | Shop Moss Agate Cabochons | Shop Tree Agate Cabochons | Shop Green Spot Agate Cabochons Just as there...

    • Posted May 18, 2012
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  • Gem Profile May 4: Orbicular Agate and Botryoidal Agate

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Orbicular Agate, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Agate Cabochons | Shop Agate Beads In today’s agate article we will discover orbicular agate, bloodstone, and botryoidal agate. I apologize for the lack...

    • Posted May 4, 2012
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  • Gem Profile April 27: Banded Agate and Brecciated Agate

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Agate, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Agate Cabochons | Shop Agate Beads | Shop New Brazilian Agate Beads About Agate Generally agate’s hardness is a 6.5-7 on Moh’s scale, with a...

    • Posted April 27, 2012
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  • Gem Profile April 20: Cryptocrystalline Quartz Introduction

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Cryptocrystalline Quartz Introduction, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Agate Cabochons | Shop Agate Beads As you have become aware in recent months, there are many, many kinds of quartz dug from...

    • Posted April 20, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Contest: Name That Rock! (Contest is Over)

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Gem Profile Contest forApril 13, 2012 As you may have read, Dale is on hiatus from the Wire-Sculpture Blog, including a sabbatical from Gem Profiles, so that she can focus on her own...

    • Posted April 13, 2012
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  • April 6: Review of Quartz Gem Profiles

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com If Dale “Cougar” Armstrong’s series of Gem Profiles on Quartz were a semester college class, today would be the mid-term! There’s no test – not today at least – but this is still...

    • Posted April 6, 2012
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  • Gem Profile March 30: Macrocrystalline Quartz

    by Dale "Cougar" Armstrong, Wire-Sculpture.com Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 30, 2012 Summarizing Macrocrystalline Quartz, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Quartz Cabochons | Shop Cherry Quartz Beads, Quartz Beads Within this brief conclusion...

    • Posted March 30, 2012
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  • Gem Profile March 23: Quartz with Inclusions, Part 2

    by Dale "Cougar" Armstrong, Wire-Sculpture.com Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 23, 2012 Included Quartz Part 2, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Quartz Cabochons | Shop Rutilated Quartz Beads, Tourmalinated Quartz Beads Tourmalated quartz,...

    • Posted March 23, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Mar. 16: Quartz with Inclusions

    by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong, Wire-Sculpture.com Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 16, 2012 <br/ > Included Quartz Part 1, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Quartz Cabochons | Shop Rutilated Quartz Beads, Shop Tourmalinated Quartz...

    • Posted March 16, 2012
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  • Gem Profile March 9: Tiger Eye

    by Dale "Cougar" Armstrong, Wire-Sculpture.com Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 9, 2012 Tiger Eye, one in a Series on Quartz Shop Blue Tiger Eye, Red Tiger Eye, and Brown Tiger Eye Cabochons | Shop Tiger...

    • Posted March 9, 2012
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