epub |eng | 2013-08-21 | Author:Cally Oldershaw

Occurrence The most important source of jadeite jade is Myanmar. Historically, Central America and Russia were also important. Nephrite jade occurs more widely. JADEITE Jade Jadeite jade occurs in a ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-15 | Author:Rachelle Bergstein

11 The Inventors HOW TO MAKE A DIAMOND (AND PROVOKE DE BEERS) Paris, New York, and Washington, DC Unfortunately for diamond industry executives, young, antiestablishment Americans weren’t the only threat ...

epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Mary Beth Beuke

a few words about red sea glass . . . Over the past decade, much ado has been given to red sea glass. Almost every time I work at a ...

epub |eng | | Author:Patti Polk

Crystal Habits Habit Description Acicular Needlelike or hairlike Dendritic Treelike or branching pattern Equant Having similar diameter in all directions Prismatic Tubular, elongated Striated Parallel grooves on crystal faces Columnar ...

epub |eng | 2006-05-15 | Author:Joseph A. Altsheler [Altsheler, Joseph A.]

"I'm going to do so right away. Don't bother yourself about me, George. My nerves have been strained pretty hard, and I had to wait until they were quiet until ...

epub |eng | 2015-03-09 | Author:Robert Simmons [Simmons, Robert]

MALACHITE is a copper carbonate mineral with a monoclinic crystal system and a hardness of 3.5 to 4. Its name comes from the Greek word for its color, malache (mallow). ...

mobi |eng | 2011-03-14 | Author:Gauthier, Kevin & Mueller, Bruce [Gauthier, Kevin]

Beyond Tobermory there is an underwater shipwreck park where many sunken vessels may be viewed through glass-bottomed boats. Nearby Flowerpot Island has an enormous pot-shaped stone erosional remnant. From Tobermory, ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2008-09-08 | Author:Mark Kurlansky

CHAPTER 12 MONSIEUR, WE THINK YOU ARE ROTTEN A man is not either stupid or intelligent, he is either free or not free. —Written on a wall of the Faculté ...