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Dichroic glass is made when multiple ultra-thin layers of different metals such as gold or silver, and metal oxides such as titanium, chromium, aluminum, zirconium, or magnesium, or silica are vaporized by an electron beam in a vacuum chamber. The...
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How did the Vikings navigate their way safely to the New World and back? Iolite, once called a “water sapphire,” has a strong pleochroism ability meaning that from one direction iolite can appear blue violet and from another direction it can...
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Handmade in Seattle, Washington, Glass Eye is a team of glassblowing artists that intensely make and create new designs every 6 months. Their glass ornaments are the most collectible with new designs and limited edition pieces, you can add new...
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Lapis lazuli mined since the 3rd millennium BC, has been traded and made into jewelry since ancient Mesopotamia by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. Lapis jewelry has been found in Predynastic Egyptian site of Naqada (3300-3100 BC). And not...
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Add a touch of sparkle... Druzy is a geological term for the fine miniature crystal surface found on a rock’s surface. Mostly you see druzy from agate and chalcedony volcanic rocks and quartz but it can be found on a...