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One of our most popular gems, Amethyst, is the birthstone for February and the 6th Anniversary gem. Until the 18th century, amethyst was one of the most valuable gemstones along with diamond, sapphire, ruby and emerald, a cardinal gem. Value...
Indonesia learned metalwork from the Southern Chinese and Southeast Asian traders during the Late Bronze Age, 1550-1200 BC. During the Majapahit Empire in Java (1300s), gold and silver was mined and moved into Bali which became the center for Indonesia's...
Moonstone and Labradorite are both feldspar minerals. Both also have a unearthly shimmer and iridescent play of colors caused by the inter growth of two different types of feldspar. Moonstone has a long history of being used in jewelry. Both...
Michael Hopko founded his studio in 1996 after working as an apprentice glass blower with several different artists in California. Before that he studied art at Shasta College where he took his first college course in glass in 1990. Michael...
This collection includes over two thousand year old Roman glass that has been excavated in Israel. These fragments of glass are witness to the ingenuity and revolutionary glass blowing techniques of the Romans. Romans used glass primarily for vessels and...
