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It’s time to start blogging about all the fakery out there in the gemstone world, since it occupies a good part of my mind. Fake Friday will be a recurring feature on my blog, and will probably not be posted on Fridays (get it?). Anyway, recently I got a new color/stone combo in mind to play [...] I’ve recently finished another auction piece, this time for the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) 2009 conference, which is in April. ICAN has been a big part of my life since my son was delivered by cesarean section almost 12 years ago. I used to edit the newsletter and do some writing for the group, [...]
Ahhh, tanzanite! There’s no other stone like it, and it’s only found in one place in the world: Tanzania. I hear tell the mines are nearly exhausted, so unless they find more deposits, it will remain very rare. It’s rarer than diamonds already. I have shied away from using tanzanite in my designs because the vast [...]
A sodalite gemstone bead hammered open.
Sometimes I want to know what’s inside a stone. By breaking one open, I can look for evidence of dying or of one stone masquerading as another. Plus, hitting rocks with a hammer is very stress-relieving! If you ever try this, be sure to wear eye protection, since little [...] |
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