41. How Are Gems Cut And Polished? lapidary techniques Several common techniques are used in lapidary work sawinggrinding sanding lapping polishing drilling tumbling Using the techniques http://lowprice4u.com/TheSource/TheSource.asp?PageID=189

42. Basics Of Bottle Cleaning And Polishing A more permanent solution is available for those with interest and commitmentenough to learn some basic lapidary techniques. Polishing http://www.geocities.com/redgumfalls2/basics_of_bottle_cleaning_and_po.htm

Basics of Bottle Cleaning and Polishing General Cleaning: Use the obvious things, like warm water and soap and a good scrubbing pad. I also use a bottle cleaner (essential), an old toothbrush and a bit of pipe cleaner wrapped around a long wire. Also a hacksaw blade for careful inside scrapping if needed. When these don't work I also use some common household chemicals. Soaking the glass in vinegar (a weak acid) overnight will usually loosen any sea creatures or deposits. Soaking in pure bleach overnight, or for several days, usually works wonders on many stains. I have also used strongly diluted hydrochloric acid for some things (caution: a dangerous chemical and it can scar/damage glass. Use only at risk!) Getting rid of stains inside a bottle can be difficult. Putting in a handful of sand or finely crushed gravel, half filling it with water and shaking vigorously for many minutes can scour away many hard-to-get stains on the interior of a bottle. I have found with patience it can do an amazing job (N.B. don't forget to put your thumb or finger over the hole). It acts like an abrasion in those difficult spots. Rubbing baby oil on your bottle will cover up any flaws for display purposes, although it is only a temporary measure. A more permanent solution is available for those with interest and commitment enough to learn some basic lapidary techniques.

43. FallShow2002 We learn and have lots of fun! Travel expeditions and digs, Learn and share jewelrycrafts and lapidary techniques, See magnificent gems and minerals! http://www.geocities.com/nyrockhounds/FallShow2002.html

Mid-Hudson Civic Center 14 Civic Center Plaza Poughkeepsie, NY Directions and Parking October 18-19,2003 Admission $5.00 Seniors/Students $4.00 Children $1.00 Toddlers FREE www.geocities.com/nyrockhounds PROSPECT "GLITTER MOUNTAIN" - FREE ROCKS FOR KIDS Hourly Door Prizes! Grand Prize - a Large Peruvian Pyrite Gemstones Minerals Fossils Fluorescent Minerals that GLOW in ultra-violet light! Over About Us: is a non- profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the Earth Sciences. We learn and have lots of fun! Travel expeditions and digs, Learn and share jewelry crafts and lapidary techniques, See magnificent gems and minerals! All ages welcome. For more information about us, or about the Gem and Mineral show Please call: 845-227-1188 Or visit our website: http://geocities.com/nyrockhounds (Formerly held at Rhinebeck) 2003 Show Theme: "MINERAL MAGIC" Jewelry Lapidary (cutting) Demonstrations Exhibits Books Beads Meteorites Lapidary Rough Collecting Tools K.Trovato test link

44. The Eclectic Lapidary - Scrimshaw: An Important Facet Of The Lapidary Hobby engraving. Datolite, which has a Mohs hardness of 5.0 to 5.5 willpolish to a good finish using standard lapidary techniques. Note http://www.bovagems.com/eclectic/HTML/19970901_0997SCRIMS.html

Volume I, Number 10 Carol J. Bova , Editor. Web Publishing by Doppler FX The Eclectic Lapidary is currently undergoing renovation. We'll have new issues soon! INDEX Scrimshaw: An Important Facet of the Lapidary Hobby by Robert K. Smith, Ph.D Scrimshaw is the label we use for the art form of scratched line drawings on ivory. It had its beginnings on the whaling ships of the mid-1700's. The sailors not only scratched line drawings on whale teeth and bone, but they also used that medium to carve items such as hairpieces, pie crimpers, and shoe horns. The carvings were limited in variety and number and were usually fashioned as gifts to wives or sweethearts when port was finally reached. While carving ivory into objects of art has been practiced for centuries by the peoples of Asia, their source of ivory was primarily elephant tusks. These canny Asians also knew that walrus tusks were excellent carving bases; however these were difficult to obtain. It was the Eskimos of the frozen north who made good use of this material. The Eskimo also had access to the tusks of the mammoth and the mastodon which were frozen in glaciers and in excellent condition. While several ethnic groups were engaged in ivory carving, it was the sailors on whaling vessels who developed the art of scratching pictures on ivory and bone. Now these sailors had much free time while their ships cruised the ocean in search of the elusive whale. Furthermore they were at sea for periods ranging up to 4 years between dockings. It was while searching for occupations to while away their time that they discovered the fascinating art of scrimshaw. They made use of the whale teeth as their source of ivory. When there were not enough teeth to go around they found ways to process whale bone to obtain their carving material.

45. The Eclectic Lapidary - Finding And Cutting Fire Agate: Part I She learned many lapidary techniques in order to even think aboutcutting it, and still has more uncut than cut fire agates. Still http://www.bovagems.com/eclectic/HTML/19980301_9803FIREAG.html

Volume II, Number 4 Carol J. Bova , Editor. Web Publishing by Doppler FX The Eclectic Lapidary is currently undergoing renovation. We'll have new issues soon! INDEX Finding and Cutting Fire Agate: Part I Carol J. Bova A Fire Agate Field Trip to the Opal Hill Fire Agate Mine One of my favorite rockhounding places is the Opal Hill Fire Agate Mine operated by Nancy Hill Fisher and Howard Fisher in Palo Verde, just southwest of Blythe, California and the Arizona border. Thanks to a series of questions from William Collins on the Lapidary Digest, I finally made the long overdue trip and spent a perfect weather weekend at the mine. The mine is fairly easy to reach. From Palm Springs, it is east on Route 10, and from Arizona, it is west on the 10 to the Neighbors Road exit for Highway 78 south. Follow the 78 signs that zig-zag around the fields, to Palo Verde. You may see flocks of sheep from Oregon, wintering in the fallow fields. The depth of the green is startling in the midst of the desert. Certainly reminds you that a desert is just a place that doesn't get much water! Palo Verde is a tiny town, just after a small patch of buildings and farms in Ripley. You'll see a Rock Shop sign just before the turnoff to Opal Hill mine. It's the old shop formerly run by the late Mr. Kinney, now owned by Dale Shutte. Stop in and get a preview of fire agate and other materials found around the area.

46. Conservation And Survey Division - Nebraska State Geological Survey Minerals, v. 49, no. 8, p. 442. lapidary techniques. Terrell, GK, 1958,Wyoming's Eden Valley Gems and Minerals, no. 250, p. 2426. http://csd.unl.edu/csd/agate-bibliography/biblio-t.html

Agate Bibliography , compiled by Roger K. Pabian, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Click on another letter in the blue column or return to Agate Bibliography introduction. Agate Bibliography - "T" Anon A B C ... Z Tait, A. W., 1977, The agates of the Midland Valley of Scotland: Journal of Gemology, v. 15, no. 7, p. 382-392. -, 1982, The origin and formation of agate (with particular reference to some specimens from the Midland Valley of Scotland): In Sutherland, A., Gray, R., and Tait, A., (editors), Agate Symposim Proce-edings, Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club, Royal Scottish Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, p. 46-63. Takahashi, M., Nagahama, H., Masuda, T., and Fujimura, A., 1998, Fractal analysis of experimentally, dynamically recrystallized quartz grains and its possible application as a strain rater meter: in Structures and properties of high strain zones in rocks. (Rutter, E. H., et al, editors) Journal Structural Geology, v. 20, nos. 2, 3, p. 269-275, Special Issue, Meeting International conference, September, 1996, Verbania-Pellanza, Italy. Take, W. F., 1961, Nova Scotia Agates: Lapidary Journal, v. 15, no.3, p. 338-339

47. Conservation And Survey Division - Nebraska State Geological Survey p. 1924. Ancher, M., 1974, Multi-Agate Lapping Rock Gem, v. 4,no. 6, p. 7. lapidary techniques. 1975, Polishing small http://csd.unl.edu/csd/agate-bibliography/biblio-a.html

Agate Bibliography , compiled by Roger K. Pabian, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Click on another letter in the blue column or return to Agate Bibliography introduction. Agate Bibliography - "A" Anon A B C ... Z Abbassian, A. A., 1979, Beitrage zur Petrographie und Geochemie der Effusiva und der Barewiler Intrusion in der Nahe-Mulde (saar-Nahe-Becken, SW-Deutschland): Mitteilungen Pollichia, v. 67, p. 68-134. Abbott, W. J. L., 1887. The formation of agates: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, v. 10, p. 80-93. Abul Huda, S., 1998, (translation with commentary) Arab roots of Gemology: Ahmad ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi's Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones: Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD, 271 p. Acord, J. P., 1970, Rockhounding fun on Fundy's Cove: Lapidary Journal, v. 24 no. 9, p. 1202-1208. New England, Nova Scotia. Addyman, M., 1969, Plesiosaurus under the bed: Lapidary Journal, v. 23, no. 4, p. 553-554. Opalized fossils. -, 1972, More Plesiosaur: Lapidary Journal, v. 25, no. 10, p. 1368. Opalized fossil bone. Afonchenkov, S. A., 1994, Vostanakivayemyye rossypi agata Dal'Nego Vostoka [Rehabilitated Agate Placers of the Far East]: Razevdka i Okhrana Nedr, 1994, no. 4, p. 10-12.

48. Silverhawk Fine Crafts Directory - Jewelry Petersburg, FL Sculptural Stoneware Ships are Vessels Aileen Gedess - Salinas,CA Fabricated, Cloisonné, lapidary techniques Erick Goodspeed - Fayetteville http://www.silverhawk.com/cd/jewelry.html

Jewelry A splendid selection of award winning jewelers working in precious metals, gem stones, porcelain, enamel, beads and experimental materials Diane A. Archer - Asheville, NC Fabricated Sterling and Bronze - Topographical Maps BMarie Jewelry - San Antonia, TX Fabricated Sterling with Gemstones Denise Brucato - Lancaster, NY Fine Contemporary Metal and Gem Jewelry Pam Chott - Mesa, AZ Fabricated - Preference for Transparent Stones Ann Cole - Taos, NM Isadora DeLaVega - Port Charlotte, FL Patina Metal Jewelry with Gems Joan Dulla - Chandler, AZ Sculptural Assemblages Cynthia Eid - Arlington Heights, MA Jolanta Gutnik - Nantucket, Ma Goldsmith - Fabricated with Precious Gemstones Tyler Hannigan - Taos, NM Colored Porcelain - Tumble Polished Marianne Hunter - Palos Verdes, CA Created a Unique "Grisaille" Enamel Process Deborah Hutchinson - Atlanta, GA Reflecting on an Awe of Nature Petra Luz - Montreal, Quebec Geometric Construction with Precious Metals and Gemstones Amy O'Connell - San Francisco, CA

49. Untitled Document Gemology and Lapidary. Area of the TradeShop dedicated to gems and lapidary techniques.This site includes the Rainbow of Gems, a guide to most gemstones. http://www.mssc.edu/physci/geology/Geolinks.html

Geology and Natural History Museums Royal Tyrrell Museum Located in the Drumheller Valley, east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, this museum supports the Dinosaur Provincial Park and contains an immense collection of dinosaur fossils. Gemology and Lapidary Area of the TradeShop dedicated to gems and lapidary techniques. This site includes the "Rainbow of Gems," a guide to most gemstones.

50. Windborn Designs Wirecraft Jewelry Carolina border. There she learned the basic lapidary techniques requiredto make custom designed wire jewelry. Artists from Peru http://www.windborndesigns.com/

Windborn Designs Wirecraft Jewelry Teresa Stafford, Designer From ancient Egypt to medieval Europe to Mayan and Aztec South America, the art of Wirecraft jewelry has been practiced around the world for thousands of years. Each unique piece is handcrafted in sterling silver or 14 carat gold wire, using natural stones, shells, glass beads, and pendants. Teresa received her first training at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts , situated on a mountain in north Georgia near the North Carolina border. There she learned the basic lapidary techniques required to make custom designed wire jewelry. Artists from Peru, Egypt, Ireland and the United States have worked with Teresa, exchanging ideas and designs. Samples Links Contact us Sign our Guest Book Join our mailing list! enter your email address below, then click the 'Join List' button Order from Us You are visitor , please come back often. Last updated 8/02 Best if viewed in 800 x 600.

51. Resume Techniques, 1993. Continuing Education courses in lapidary techniquesand Enameling Techniques, 92 nd St. Y, New York, NY, 1994 and 1998. http://ceibatree.tripod.com/resume02.htm

AWARDS: First Place in 3-Dimensional Art First Place in Wearable Art Best New Entry Award Crafts, 36th Annual Gallery North Outdoor Art Show, Setauket, NY, September 15 - 16, 2001. Honorable Mention SHOWS: Designer Arts Holiday Crafts Festival, New York, NY, December 20 - 22, 2002. One of a Kind Show and Sale (click for show web site) Stowe Foliage Art and Craft Festival, Stowe, VT, October 11 - 13, 2002. St. James Court Art Show, Belgravia Court Section (click for show web site) , Louisville, KY, October 4 - 6, 2002. Gallery North Outdoor Art Show (click for show web site) Setauket, NY, September 21 - 22, 2002. (click for show web site) Freihofer JAZZ Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 29 - 30, 2002. Crafts at Rhinebeck (click for show web site) , Rhinebeck, NY, June 21 - 23, 2002. Art League of Long Island Art in the Park Show , Huntington, NY, June 15 - 16, 2002. Woodstock - New Paltz Art and Crafts Fair, New Paltz, NY, May 25 - 27, 2002.

52. Editorial The Canadian Rockhound provides informative articles on minerals, fossils, gemstones,lapidary techniques, and the earth sciences in general, with an emphasis http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/earth/waton/f004.html

Canadian Rockhound: An Online Earth Science Magazine for Collectors, Children and Schools Dirk Schmid, M.Sc. Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto Finding a well-designed internet website with interesting and useful information on the earth sciences can be a frustrating exercise. Many existing websites offer content of little use to children, parents and teachers, or they are poorly organized, or they don't work properly. Websites focusing on Canadian content are few and difficult to find. There is a free online earth science magazine on the internet that is attracting the attention of mineral collectors, children and schools across Canada. The magazine is the Canadian Rockhound and it provides quality educational content for children, schools, professional and avocational collectors, and those with an interest in learning more about geology, minerals, gemstones, and fossils. Subscription is not required to view any part of the magazine online. The magazine is listed on Canada's SchoolNet website and is archived by the National Library of Canada. The internet URL address for the Canadian Rockhound is: http://www.canadianrockhound.com. The Canadian Rockhound was started in 1997 by Dirk Schmid, who at that time was a graduate student doing research at the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Geological Sciences. Since then the magazine grew rapidly into a major website that is now visited by thousands of people per month. In the May/June 1999 issue of Sympatico's NetLife magazine, the Canadian Rockhound was cited as one of Canada's most outstanding electronic magazines. Today, the Canadian Rockhound has become an invaluable source of earth science information for collectors, children and teachers.

53. Lapidary Journal: In The Workshop - Jewelry & Gem Technique Articles the most versatile lapidary's tools a 10" electric tile saw. Click here to talk about techniques and ask questions on http://www.lapidaryjournal.com/tech_home.cfm

Pull down to navigate BEAD FEST 2002 JEWELRY ARTS AWARDS FEATURES Feature Story Jewelry Journal Feature Story Technique Articles Business Articles Product News Tool Guide Sites to See/Links - Helpful Resources - Step-by-Step Project SEARCH Bead Classes Recommended Books Book Reviews Museums Schools Clubs Professional Associations Bead Societies Index to Past Articles Safety in the Studio Grant Opportunities Show Calendar Product SEARCH Bulletin Board Order Catalogs Advertising Classified Ads Media Kits/Ad Rates Web Directory Listing Forms - The Magazine - Subscription Information Subscriptions Buy Back Issues StepByStep Beads Holiday Jewelry Special Colored Stone Fall Show Guide Vegas Show Guide Tucson Show Guide Int'l Source Guide TOUCHSTONE Carving a Theme Series - IN THE WORKSHOP/GEMS By Helen Serras-Herman An effective approach to artistic gem carving is to find a theme and then stick with it, exploring the full potential of the concept by trying different approaches, perspectives, and materials. Studio Safety Safety in the studio is a matter of all-around effort. Sara M. Sanford

54. Fire Workers: Techniques Of Bronze Smithy And Lapidary: Stoneware Bangles Fire workers techniques of bronze smithy and lapidary stoneware banglesSee weapons, implements etc. made by fireworkers of Sarasvati-Sindhu, http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/sarasvati/html/fireworkers1.htm

SITE MAP Home Indian Lexicon Corpus of Inscriptions Artefacts ... Decipherment Fire workers: techniques of bronze smithy and lapidary: stoneware bangles See weapons, implements etc. made by fire-workers of Sarasvati-Sindhu Kotla Nihang (30.57N, 76.32E), 2 kms. SE of Ropar on Shatadru (Sutlej) river; oval fire kilns in a row; fragments of terracotta bangles were picked up from the kilns; Sharma, Y.D., 1982, Pl. 13.1 An exquisite example of bronze smithy is the statue wearing bangles from wrist to shoulder and a necklace, Mohenjodaro. (After Marshall, Pl. XCIV). How were stoneware bangles made? View of the slag with the coated sub-cylindrical bowl enclosing the stoneware bangles in a pile, in central position, Mohenjodaro. (Massimo Vidale, in:Jansen and Urban, 1987, p. 109) Signs 403-407 are shaped like a pair of bangles Balakot, Stoneware bangle and fragments (Blk-6, Parpola) The bangle has an inscription in red: Reconstruction of the stoneware bangles' firing apparatus; stoneware bracelets are piled up in five pairs and enclosed in a coated carinated jar. The jar is given red-slipped, chaff-tempered outer coating. The apparatus is mounted on a network of supporting terracotta bangles. A unicorn seal impression is affixed on the upper capping. (Massimo Vidale, in:Jansen and Urban, 1987, p. 111) Perforated jar (Use in gold purification

55. Books: Home & Garden / Crafts & Hobbies / Lapidary 1. The Creative lapidary Materials, Tools, techniques, Design by Frank W.Long (Hardcover) List Price $14.95 Amazon Price US$14.95 (GBP 10). http://www.picassomio.com/books/list/48,5126,5150/en/

Browse for... Home ArtWorks By Artist Browse Our Collection Advanced Search Services Membership Corporate Services Trade Services For Image Licensing For Artists For Galleries Help Free ArtCards Buyer Guide Discover Art Art Guide Contact Us About Us Lapidary Rock collecting and making semi-precious jewellery: cutting and polishing gemstones by R. H. Warring (Unknown Binding) Price not available Gemcutting: A Lapidary Handbook by Edward Smith, April Schromm (Paperback) List Price: Amazon Price: US$6.95 (GBP 4) Discovering lapidary work by John Wainwright (Unknown Binding) Price not available Modern Jeweler's Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones by David Federman, Timo Hammid (Paperback) List Price: Amazon Price: US$25.50 (GBP 16) Gemstone and Mineral Data Book: A Compilation of Data, Recipes, Formulas, and Instructions for the Mineralogist, Gemologist, Lapidary, Jeweler, craft by John Sinkankas (Paperback) List Price: Amazon Price: US$6.95 (GBP 4) The Creative Lapidary: Materials, Tools, Techniques, Design by Frank W. Long (Hardcover) List Price: Amazon Price: US$14.95

56. The Lapidary List Cabochons Inlay Intarsia Tumbling Carving The lapidary List is a topical email group dedicated to discussing lapidarymaterials and techniques and methods for tumbling, cabbing, carving, inlay http://www.lapidarylist.com/list_info.shtml

57. The Lapidary List Cabochons Inlay Intarsia Tumbling Carving The lapidary List a topical email group dedicated to discussing lapidary materialsand techniques and methods for tumbling, cabbing, carving, inlay, intarsia http://www.lapidarylist.com/

58. Lapidary Primary sources for lapidary work consist mainly of museum pieces and a few treatises,such as Albert Magnus and Theophilus Shaping techniques used (cabochon vs http://www.midrealm.org/moas/criteria/lapidary.html

Lapidary Category Rules: The category is for entries made from gemstones or crystals. Primary sources for lapidary work consist mainly of museum pieces and a few treatises, such as Albert Magnus and Theophilus. For this reason, leniency is suggested if it is evident that a sincere attempt to document the entry has been made. The following are touches which are typical to period stones and should be graded slightly higher in Authenticity: Polished nicks in stones, these were the result if cutting out a flaw while removing as little material and weight as possible. Stones which have been polished or faceted following the orignal shape so as to lose as little weight as possible. Drilled stones. Crystals, especially low grade emeralds, drilled lengthwise and polished but not substantially shaped. Cabochons which started out as drilled stones, then were cut in half, leaving a line across the back of the stone where the hole was. Documentation (0 to 4 points): No documentation provided with entry. Minimal information consisting of time, place and style.

59. Art Clay World USA - Calendar April 2003 6 Tucson ShowGem lapidary Wholesalers - Tucso Art Clay Silver Basic techniques—HighlandPk, IL. 7 Tucson Show-Gem lapidary Wholesalers - Tucso http://www.artclayworld.com/forums/calendar.php

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60. Home & Garden / Crafts & Hobbies / Lapidary 1996 Shows amateur and professional photographers techniques for photographing mineral,lapidary, and fossil specimens, illustrated with color and b w photos. http://hallofcraft.com/crafts_hobbies/26.shtml

Home Lapidary Gems and Jewelry : All Color Guide by Joel E. Arem Geoscience Pr Paperback - 176 pages 2nd edition (April 1994) Click here for more info Lapidary Journal, January, 1993 This second edition of Arem's beautifully illustrated book on Gems and Jewelry adds new photos and updated information, making this book a classic guide for the buyer of gems and jewelry. Arem, a well known gemologist, mineralogist, author, and photographer, writes clearly and concisely about the... Read more Introduction to Lapidary by Pansy D. Kraus Chilton Book Co Paperback - 208 pages (October 1987) Click here for more info Jade by Roger Keverne(Editor) Lorenz Books Hardcover - 376 pages (March 1996) Click here for more info Booknews, Inc. , December 1, 1991 A landmark in the study of the revered gemstone, combining the most authoritative contemporary jade research and opinion with more than 500 color photographs of jades from every continent, the majority of which have never previously been published. Although generally structured geographically and... Read more The Amber Book by Ake Dahlstrom, et al

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