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Everyone should have a passion. A passion is something that stirs your emotions and makes you feel alive! It's something that you want to stay close to. It's something of which you crave all the facts pertaining to it. My passion happens to be gemstones. My favorite gemstone is whichever one I'm gazing upon at the moment. If you share this passion I hope this lens will give your heart what it desires. 
The world of gemstones and all their magic.
- THE FACTS AND LORE OF GEMSTONES
- The story of gemstones, their mineral composition, the myths surrounding the stones, their healing properties, beauty and history.
- Gemstones
- Cool stuff to order
- TURQUOISE (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate)
- THE MINERAL TURQUOISEChemistry: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8*5(H2O), Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate
Class: Phosphates
Uses: as an ornamental stone for carving and
jewelry.
Specimens
?Turquoise is a valuable mineral and is possibly the most valuable, non-transparent mineral in the jewelry trade.
It has
What's your favorite gemstone?
You vote!
ROSE QUARTZ, the pink variety of quartz
Rose quartz is one of the most desirable varieties more...1 point
CITRINE the yellow variety of quartz
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AVENTURINE
Green Aventurine stone spheres, pendulums, tumbled more...0 points
Gemstone of the Week
Garnet
Garnets come in many colors but mine favorite is the red. The garnet is the symbol of purity and truth as well as love. Currently the world's largest supply of garnet is in the continent of Africa. More about Garnet
- Garnets
- The Garnet is known as the stone for a successful business. If your business is not as good as it should be, just put 3 or more garnets on your desk. It is believed that if a garnet is put under a pillow it will cure depression. Garnets can be used to make a person popular and have self-esteem when worn as jewelry. It helps protect one on trips. Garnets bring constancy to friendships. Garnets are also known for stimulating success in business.
Garnets on Ebay
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Great Reads
Edgar Cayce Guide to Gemstones, Minerals, Metals, and More
Amazon Price: $11.96 (as of 10/07/2008)
Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third Edition
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/07/2008)
Gemstone Journeys
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)
Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 10/07/2008)
The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and Settings
Amazon Price: $19.77 (as of 10/07/2008)
Gemstone Buying Guide, Second Edition: How to Evaluate, Identify, Select & Care for Colored Gems
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 10/07/2008)
So you want to learn to make your own jewelry?
Great sites to do just that!
- I Want to Be a Jewelry Designer
- Discover the very first step you need to take to become a jewelry designer.
- Gold Mining Jewelry - Using Your Own Gold Nuggets & Flakes.
- gold mining jewelry & gold prospecting jewelry. Create unique jewelry with your own gold nuggets & flakes and our minature pans, sluice boxes, gold dredges & prospectors.
- crafting making jewelry
- Making
JewelryGeneral information for the
jewelry making hobbyist or special research projects.
Great Books to learn from
Masters: Gemstones: Major Works by Leading Jewelers (Masters)
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/07/2008)
Making Jewelry with Gemstone Beads
Amazon Price: $13.59 (as of 10/07/2008)
Making Designer Gemstone and Pearl Jewelry
Amazon Price: $22.49 (as of 10/07/2008)
Beading with Gemstones: Beautiful Jewelry, Simple Techniques
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 10/07/2008)
Turquoise Cutting Shaping Polishing Plus Photo Field Guide By James Radtke
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Making Designer Jewelry: Using Gemstones, Crystals, Beads, and Stones
Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Ebay is a great place to buy your Jewelry making supplies!
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Some of my Favorite places to buy gemstones.
- Shipwreck Beads - The World's Largest Selection of Beads
- Shipwreck Beads offers the World's Largest Selection of Beads, in addition to a HUGE selection of beading accessories, jewelry making supplies, and beading books. Over 38,000 different styles and colors of beads. We offer both retail and wholesale quantities of beads.
- Fire Mountain Gems
- Another great place with a wide selection and excellent quality.
Let's go Rockhounding!
- Recreational Geologist and Rockhounding Tools from Amateur Geologist
- Outfitting the recreational geologist and rockhound. We have the widest, in stock, selection of geologist and rockhound supplies including rock hammers, loupes, books on geology, earthquakes, volcanoes, rock and mineral, geologic maps, and many other field tools for the amatuer geologist.
- Mineral Collecting
- The first and last concerns should always be about safety.
- He Ain't Nothing But a Rock Hound, A Diggin' All The Time
- Do you like rocks? If so, you are a rock hound, a person who collects and studies rocks
and minerals.
Great Stuff on CafePress
Newsletter from About.com Jewelry Making
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- Handcrafted Jewelry
- Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
--David Frost - Dragonfly Design
- As a rock hound who is fond of pretty colors, I delight in designing unique, custom handcrafted jewelry
- DLee's Gifts: Handcrafted Jewelry, Amulet Bags, Beaded Purses & Pillows
- Where do you find your inspiration?
That's the question I keep hearing over and over about my beaded designs.
Leave me a comment, don't forget to rate this lens!
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Pierce_This_2
Nice job! How to measure a belly button ring Posted September 13, 2007 |
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emanderso
Nice lens Robbin. Now I know I need to get me some garnets! I just love jewelry of all kinds. Posted July 16, 2007 |
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cameoartist
Great lens Robbin. Good book lists, links and info. You are now on my lensroll. Posted March 02, 2007 |
