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Abalone: A mollusk whose shell is pearlescent on
the inside. This material can be scraped off, sliced thin, and used as
inlay on a variety of jewelry, furniture, etc. These scrapings are
called "mother of pearl".
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Acrylic: Acrylics are a type of thermoplastic, and
include transparent and opaque in varied colours. Some commonly-known
acrylics are lucite and plexiglas. The
bangle above is made of confetti lucite.
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Acroite: is a rare, colourless
variety of tourmaline. If you
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Adamantine: Adamantine is a
mineral, often referred to as adamantine spar. It is a silky brown form
of corundum. It has a Mohs rating of 9.
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Adularia: A common type of moonstone, usually set as a cabochon. It is
semi-translucent with a white and blue tint. Adularia was very popular
in Art Nouveau jewellery.
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Ag:
Chemical symbol of silver, from its Latin name “Argentum.”
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Agate: Agate is a term applied not to a
distinct mineral species, but to an aggregate of various forms of
silica, chiefly Chalcedony.
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Agreitte:
(from the French for egret, or lesser white heron), the tufted
crest, or head-plumes of the egret, used for adorning a woman's
head-dress
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African
Emerald: An African Emerald is not actually an emerald. It is green
fluorite mined in South Africa.
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African Jade:
African jade is not really jade, but a type of garnet strongly
resembling jade that is mined in South Africa.
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Aigrette: (from the French for
egret, or lesser white heron), the tufted crest, or head-plumes of the
egret, used for adorning a woman's head-dress, the term being also given
to any similar ornament, in gems, &c.
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Alabaster: (sometimes called satin spar) is a name applied to varieties
of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and the
calcite (a carbonate of calcium).
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Albite: A
common white feldspar composed of a silicate of alumina and soda. It is
a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks.
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Alloy:
A substance having
metallic properties and combined by the fusion or diffusion of two or
more chemical elements, of which at least one is an elemental metal.
Silver with a purity less than .999 is an alloy.
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Almandine Garnet: The most common kind of garnet.
It is usually deep red to red-brown and composed of alumina iron.
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Alnico: Alnico is an alloy composed of iron, cobalt, nickel,
aluminium, and copper.
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Alluvial:
Sedimentary material from running water, sometimes containing precious
metals, which is deposited in river beds, flood plains, lakes or at the
foot of mountain slopes.
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Aluminium Bronse: Aluminium
bronze is a type of bronze in which aluminium is the main alloying metal
added to copper.
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Amalgam:
A mixture
with mercury and silver, gold, copper or another metal, known since
classical times. A major use is in dentistry.
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Amber: Please follow this link
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Amazonite: A form of jadeite named for the Amazon
river where it was first found in the 19th century. It is opaque and
iridescent and ranges in color from green to blue-green.
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Andalusite: Andalusite is an
aluminium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.
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Ankh:
The ankh (pronounced 'ahnk', ) was the Egyptian hieroglyphic
character that stood for the word
ʿnḫ,
which means life). Egyptian gods may carry it by the loop, or bear one
in each hand crossed over their breast. Latinists interpreted the symbol
as a crux ansata, "cross with a handle"
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Anklet: An anklet, or ankle bracelet, is
an ornament worn around the ankle. Anklets historically have been worn
for centuries by unmarried women in India, though in the United States
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Argent:
English term used for silver, based on Latin term “Argentum." |
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Assay:
Analytical test or trial to ascertain the fineness, or purity, and
consistency of precious and other metals.
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Aquamarine: Aquamarine is
gemstone-quality blue beryl, closely related to the emerald Please
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Aventurine: Aventurine is a
form of quartz, characterized by its translucency and the presence of
platy mineral occlusions that give a shimmering or glistening effect
termed aventurescence. Please follow this link to our
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