All posts tagged "gem profile"

  • Gem Profile Oct. 26: Sodalite

    by Layna Palmer, Wire-Sculpture.com Sodalite Shop Sodalite Cabochons | Shop Sodalite Beads Today’s Gem Profile is Sodalite.  No, I’m not talking about a new fizzy diet drink, but a blue stone that is named for its relatively...

    • Posted October 26, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Contest Oct 19: Name that Rock!

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Gem Profile Contest for October 19, 2012 You know the deal: it’s time to identify 8 rocks from recent gem profiles for the chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Wire-Sculpture.com. The...

    • Posted October 19, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Oct. 12: Howlite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Howlite Shop Howlite Cabochons | Shop Howlite Beads You learned last week that copper is the big element that sets turquoise apart from magnesite.  Today’s stone, howlite, is made of Calcium, Silicon, Boron,...

    • Posted October 12, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Oct. 5: What is Magnesite?

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Magnesite Shop Magnesite Cabochons | Shop Magnesite Beads Magnesite is magnesium carbonate and is naturally a whiteish color with brown or cream matrix (lines running through it). Some vendors have labeled magnesite as...

    • Posted October 5, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Sept. 28: About Hematite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Hematite Shop Hematite Cabochons | Shop Hematite Beads Hematite is a primary source of iron, and iron does a big job: it’s found in blood, cars, jewelry, makeup, ink, paint, and spoons. Only...

    • Posted September 28, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Sept. 21: Kyanite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Kyanite What is Kyanite? Kyanite ("kI-ah-nIt") is often translucent with some opacity. While kyanite is named after "kyanos," the Greek word for blue, kyanite can be pink, yellow, white, gray, and even green-blue...

    • Posted September 21, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Sept. 14: Bronzite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Bronzite Shop Bronzite Cabochons and Bronzite Beads on Wire-Sculpture.com Bronzite is a variety of enstatite that is also associated with hypersthene, which contains silica, magnesium, oxygen, and iron; this is similar to the...

    • Posted September 14, 2012
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  • Gem Profile September 7: Tourmaline

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tourmaline Find Tourmaline Beads on Wire-Sculpture.com Tourmaline: A Stone of Many Colors Tourmaline is a gemstone which is typically a schorl (a mineralogist’s word used since before 1400 in Europe to name the...

    • Posted September 7, 2012
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  • Gem Profile August 31: Tanzanite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Tanzanite Find Tanzanite CZs on Wire-Sculpture.com The Discovery of Tanzanite Tanzanite was discovered by a tailor in Tanzania, named Manuel d’Souza, in July of 1967. On July 7th, Manuel was prospecting for gold...

    • Posted August 31, 2012
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  • Gem Profile August 24: Iolite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Iolite Find genuine gemstones on Wire-Sculpture.com Iolite comes from the Greek "ios" for "violet", meaing violet stone, and is also found labeled as "water sapphire." Iolite is gem-grade cordierite, which is found all...

    • Posted August 24, 2012
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  • Gem Profile August 17: Morganite

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Morganite One of the recent finds of the 20th century, Morganite was first discovered and recognized on an island off the coast of Madagascar, and then also found in Pala, California, along with...

    • Posted August 17, 2012
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  • Gem Profile August 10: Emerald

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Emerald Shop Emerald Green CZs Emerald is a variety of beryl, like aquamarine, and its green color comes from the element chromium and sometimes vanadium. While beryl has a hardness of 7.5-8 on...

    • Posted August 10, 2012
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  • Gem Profile August 3: Aquamarine

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Aquamarine Shop Aquamarine Beads | Shop Aquamarine CZs Aquamarine, the sky-blue gem, is a member of the beryl family, making it siblings with emerald, golden beryl, goshenite, and morganite. The birthstone for March,...

    • Posted August 3, 2012
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  • Gem Profile Contest: Name that Rock!

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Gem Profile Contest for July 27, 2012 You know the deal: it’s time to identify 8 rocks from recent gem profiles for the chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Wire-Sculpture.com. The...

    • Posted July 27, 2012
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  • Gem Profile July 20: Sonora Sunrise

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Sonora Sunrise, or Sonoran Sunset Sonora Sunset, also called Sonora Sunrise or Sonoran Sunrise (both are accepted), is Cuprite and Chrysocolla joined in a single stone. Chrystocolla is the bright green, even turquoise...

    • Posted July 20, 2012
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  • Gem Profile July 13: Onyx

    by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com Onyx Onyx comes from the Greek word for nail. Nail? Yes! While many of us think of the color black when onyx comes up, onyx is a variety of chalcedony that can be...

    • Posted July 13, 2012
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