Glass Beads Treatments
In order to give glass beads attractive colors, they are treated to different coatings to achieve distinctive looks.
Glass
Chemical composition -- Typically a manmade mixture of silica, often containing some metallic oxide, although there are some natural glasses such as obsidian and tektite.
The Glass Menagerie:
A Study of Silhouette Canes in Antique Paperweights
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Cameo Glass
Another glass gem-simulant of the 19th century was "cameo glass," which was made to simulate the stratified layers of natural sardonyx.
Glass ingredients
Pure silica (SiO2) has a melting point of about 2000 °C (3600 °F), and while it can be made into glass for special applications (see fused quartz), two other substances are always added to common glass to simplify processing.
Czech Glass Beads And Big Bead Little Bead
We at Big Bead Little Bead really like Czech Glass beads. We love their colour range, quality and their heritage. They are perfect for both contemporary pieces and for recreating a vintage look.
Desert Glass
Desert Glass is a naturally formed glass composed of nearly pure silica. It was discovered in 1932 when Egyptian Desert Survey expedition led by P.A. Clayton was sent to study southwest unexplored regions from Cairo.
Glass a Mixture of Silicates. Those who are familiar with glass making may receive some help at this point by remembering that the various glasses are silicates, ...
Glass Jewelry Making
> Fused Glass Jewelry Making
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My fused glass pendants are hand formed ceramic clay and melted, fused glass. Each clay piece is hand cut or formed.
Diamond Cuts Glass
So do many other things. It's a silly but popular myth that only diamond can cut glass.
Extraordinary minds and talents were drawn from such richly diverse backgrounds and brought together in the melting pots of Providence, where base metals and glass were being transmogrified into wearable works of art.
Glass
The name of this phenomenon derives from an Italian word meaning "chance" or "accident" and is said to have first been used to describe man-made goldstone glass.
Glass bead
A type of bead, mad eof glass, transparent, translucent or opaque, and smooth or faceted, including beads of coloured, colourless, millefiori, enamelled, gilded or iridescent glass, being solid or hollow, ...
Glass Flesh Plugs
These are Flesh Plugs which are made out of Glass. Flesh plugs are cylinder shaped pieces of body jewellery, which are inserted into large gauge (stretched) piercings, such as the earlobe.
Glass
Although glass is a manmade substance, it can be produced in many of the same beautiful colors nature paints onto gemstones.
GLASSIES. Octahedral diamond crystals (transparent).
GLASSY. Applied to diamonds which lack brilliancy.
glassies Rough diamond that has transparent skin. Most rough has a thicker skin which makes clarity grading more difficult. The glassie almost looks as if it were already faceted.
glass
See crystal
hands
The pointing devices of an analog watch that circle around its dial indicating the time and any other speacial feature the watch may have.
Cut glass: Any glass whose surface has been cut into facets, grooves and depressions by a large, rotating wheel.
Jade Glass
Jade glass is translucent green glass that is designed to imitate jade.
Jadeite
Jadeite is the harder of the two varieties of jade. Jadeite is harder (compared to nephrite) and is usually used in jewelry production.
Cuts Glass That fact that diamond will cut glass is often cited, by the less knowledgeable, as some kind of proof that something is diamond.
Spun Glass
Fine blown glass having delicate, often spiral threading or filigree. Best way of cleaning is probably a feather duster in combination with compressed air. (Compressed air is available in the Attic Trunk computer section.) ...
Milk Glass - a fairly new name for opaque, milky white glass. This glass is blown or pressed into a wide variety of shapes.
Crown Glass
Crown Glass used to make faux rhinestones, and is made up of glass without lead oxide.
Dutch glass
Beads produced by Dutch traders for commerce, but, because of differences in production, the beads were less durable and colorful than Venetian glass.
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*Wine Glass - Some people prefer wine glasses for each varietal; others use separate patterns for red and white wine.
bubble glass (my word) usually from Venice from the 1950s, blown glass spikey looking beads that have dripped on tiny glass balls sometimes white and sometimes in color.
cobalt glass
Glass pigmented with the element cobalt, giving a rich, deep blue color.
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powder-glass beads - (see Ghanaian powder-glass beads)
Pull Through Earrings - see Ear Threader
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poured glass
Molten glass is actually poured into the jewelry finding or frame itself to create the stone. You can often see a bit of slop over on the back of the piece, indicating it was directly poured rather than molded and then set.
Poured glass beads. How are they made?
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Glass and Plastic Beads- Small glass beads are used to create more complicated structures and are often called "seed beads". Seed beads are very popular among Native American handcrafted jewelry, often incorporating multiple strands of beaded designs.
Glass is generally a silica compound combines with boric oxide, aluminum oxide or phosphorus pentoxide. By using heat, glass can be formed into many shapes and is used extensively in the manufacture of beads.
glass pearls ...
Glass Bead Dangles on Silver Bracelets
Glass Bead Dangle Earrings
Terry uses top quality jeweler's nylon as her stringing medium of choice for pearls.
Glass is an amorphous material; it lacks a repeating, three dimensional, array of atomic bonding and therefor. In other words: it has a random arrangement of their bonding, it lacks crystal structure.
Glass beads made in India.
Lampwork
A form of glassblowing where the glass is heated over a flame. Originally from the Middle Ages, the term lampwork referred to oil lamps with a blowpipe directed into the flame to increase the heat generated.
Glass Pearl Bracelet
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Faux Pearls
Imitation pearl beads that are made from plastic or glass, but have the look and feel of real pearls ...
Glass paste (also known as pate de verre) is glass that is ground into a paste, put into a mold, and then melted. The final piece is an opaque, dense glass with a frosted surface.
GLYPTOGRAPHY ...
GLASS
Glass is often used in jewelry, as beads (faceted or spherical), rhinestones and as poured glass.
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Glasses (obsidian), liquids, and gases however, are not crystalline, and the elements in them may occur in any ratios, so they are not minerals. So in order for a natural compound to be a mineral, it must have a unique composition and structure.
Glass beads made by any of three processes that results in a changing luster and apparent moving line similar to the chatoyancy of a natural cat eye stone like tiger's eye. Fiber optics have been used extensively in costume jewelry in recent years.
GLASS - An inorganic, amorphous substance that is in a unique physical state. It cools to a rigid state, however, without crystallization. A variety of constituents may be used to create it.
Glass ornamentation made from canes of colored glass that are layered, and sliced to form patterns, flowers or mosaic effects
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Glass-filled fractures may also show gas bubbles trapped in the glass. Once a glass-filled stone is detected, it can then be removed from its setting before any work is done, or be protected with water or a heat-retardant product.
Glass beads coated in the ground-up iridescent nacre from fish scales.
smoky quartz
Brownish colored quartz with a smoky appearance.
Glass made to imitate gems.
Pave
A type of setting in which the stones are effectively "paved" into the piece of jewelry with a precious metal. Often small gemstones or pieces of jewelry with curve surfaces use this technique to set stones.
A glass which contains ultra-thin layers of aluminum, chromium, silicon, zirconium or the metal alloy titanium. The colors are almost holographic in appearance. Addition of the various elements is what produces the bold and dramatic colors.
A glass stone or bead, usually with high lead content.
"D" TERMS
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Sea glass (also called beach glass) is glass from old broken bottles, windows of wrecked ships, etc. that has been worn down and etched by the sea and sand over the years.
Cut Glass: Glass whose surface has been faceted or grooved or has depressions cut into it.
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Damascening: A decorative design process first used in Damascus of inlaying soft metal such as gold or silver into harder metal.
A glass container filled with about 12 ounces of water. Many sources recommend using a glass dish. If you are going to be placing your essence outside be sure to cover it; otherwise you will be adding insect essences to your mixture.
OPAL GLASS
Opal glass is a milky white glass that mimics opals.
OPAL TRIPLET
An opal triplet is a manufactured stone that is composed of three thin layers that are glued together.
PASTE Glass which is used to imitate gemstones. Can be very expensive reproductions of fine jewelry, sometimes worn by the wealthy when traveling.
PATINA A film or finish on a metal caused by oxidation.
Pressed glass is a form of glass made using a plunger to press molten glass into mold It was first patented by American inventor John P. Bakewell _ in 1825 to make knobs for furniture.
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pressed glass beads - Glass beads that were formed by pouring molten glass into molds.
reconstituted - Genuine stone is crushed then bound together again with an polymer resin. Sometimes dye is added to the mix. It is a man-made imitation material.
As lens glass is very soft, it is advisable to close the lens after use to protect it from damage.
The advancing development of science and technology has brought improvements and innovations in many subjects, including gemology.
Paste - Glass-based substance used to simulate gemstones and has become one slang term for all fake gemstones. Paste stones are lead crystals with high lead content and more brilliant than glass rhinestones.
Wall of Glass-Front Cases with glass shelves - Again I would start with MR-11 narrow-spot halogen mounted in the top surface aiming down. They should be spaced about one fixture every 16 inches.
Plastic, glass, paste, natural organics, and compressed powders have been used to create simulants (imitation gemstones). There is another category which might lie between imitation and synthetic, and that is composite stones.
 See also: Jewel, Stone, Color, Jewelry, Gemstone
  
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