On Fire Shout Out Beads Bows and Gems creations from these 3 shops in this weeks On fire for Handmade Shout Outs! You will find beautiful creations by beautiful people! Be sure to stop by their shops to see for yourself! A Bead Thing is filled with beautiful jewelry […]
Beryl is an aluminum beryllium silicate mineral. It is found in metamorphic and hydrothermal regions and produces several gemstones. It forms crystals in the hexagonal system with a hardness of 7 1/2 to 8 on the Moh’s Scale. It has a density of 2.67 to 2.78 grams / cubic centimeter. Streak is white. The mineral […]
WHAT IS LAPIDARY? The word lapidary is derived from the lapis or stone and means “of or pertaining to stones” or “one who cuts and polishes Stones”. Not all stones are worthy of cutting and polishing and although all can be cut by one method or another the lapidary is concerned only with those stones […]
