Sliced: A bracelet that is the same thickness all the way around and does not taper at the edges; as though it were simply sliced off the end of a cylinder.
Beads sliced from a long tube of glass drawn from a ball of molten glass. An air hole is used to make the bead hole and when hardened they are usually tumbled or reheated to soften their edges give a more rounded finish.
It is initially cut as rectangle then the four corners are sliced away to give an emerald cut. This is relatively a new shape being like by young generation. Precious stone Emerald in this shape is in style amongst the elite families of the society.
Sectile Some minerals may be sliced into smooth sheets with a knife, although these may possibly still crumble under a blow from a hammer. Materials possessing this rare type of tenacity are called sectile minerals.
" When sliced into thin layers, these olivine and peridot fragments are transparent next to the opaque nickel-iron matrix they are contained in. Any polished nickel-iron surfaces must be treated to prevent rust and corrosion.
[This pair of earrings features both sliced and etched, as well as simple tumble polished nuggets of iron meteorites]
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Highly patterned glass beads made by melting many canes of glass together. This bundle of glass is then sliced to produce beads with a mosaic pattern. The term 'millefiori' is Italian, meaning 'thousand flowers'.
Metal Spacer Beads ...
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".
If the crystal is sliced "cross-grain", it will appear to be a slice of "watermelon!"
Brazil is the primary source for most tourmaline, however, the San Diego area produces a sizeable quantity of very fine stones ...
Millefiori Thin rods of colorful glass are heat fused and then cross sliced making cubes of intricate patterns and colors. The word literally means thousand flowers.
When plucked and sliced this jewel comes alive with a natural color and a brilliant appearance.
A length of polymer clay composed of colored rods that are positioned to create a design; the cane is sliced horizontally to reveal a pattern
carat
A unit of weight used to measure gemstones ...
A term used in costume jewelry to denote lucite that has a honey to brown color with black spotting, imitating the look of thinly sliced tortoise shell in antique jewelry.
Abalone:Also called ear shell - An edible marine mollusk (or mollusc) 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, guitars, etc.
There is a strong analogy between the quasicrystal and the Penrose tiling of Roger Penrose. In fact, some quasicrystals can be sliced such that the atoms on the surface follow the exact pattern of the Penrose tiling.
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Stabilized Labradorite
This form of labradorite has been injected with a stabilizing agent, which allows it to be sliced into large pieces to best display the stone's "flash" or labradorescence.
Lapis ...
Glass ornamentation made from canes of colored glass that are layered, and sliced to form patterns, flowers or mosaic effects
Millegrain ...
Labradorite can produce a colorful play of light across cleavage planes and in sliced sections called labradorescence. Gemstone varieties of labradorite exhibiting a high degree of iridescence are called ’spectrolite’.
Abalone: A mollusk that gives us mother of pearl from the scrapings of the inside shell which is pearlescent. It can be sliced thin, and used as inlay on a variety of jewelry, furniture, etc. ...
Triplet
A man-made stone of three parts that includes a clear protective top layer fused together with a thinly sliced gem, a dark backing material and a clear or colored adhesive.
It is often carved into figurines or boxes while the tubular stalactite formations are often sliced for use in jewelry.
A man-made creation of three parts that normally includes a clear protective top layer fused together with a thinly sliced gem and a clear or colored adhesive.
Veins ...
Millefiori - a type of glass ornamentation which is made from canes of layered colored glass which are sliced to form patterns. The patterns can be flowers or have mosaic effects.
Mother-of-pearl: The pearlescent material on the inside of mollusk shells like abalone, oysters, and mussels. This material can be scraped off, sliced thin, and used as inlay on a variety of jewelry, furniture, etc.
Drawn Beads
Drawn beads are glass beads, drawn from a blob of hot glass with an air bubble to make the bead hole, and sliced from a long tube ...
Watermelon tourmaline is a crystal with the inner part showing pink surrounded by green. They are typically thinly sliced in sections, like a loaf of bread and polished to show the “watermelon' effect.
Triplet: A man-made creation of three parts that normally includes a clear protective top layer fused together with a thinly sliced gem and a clear or colored adhesive.
There were also craftsmen who experimented and developed their own techniques. George Wise, for example, rolled and pressed wood shavings into a thick glue; when this was dried and sliced, the effect was that of marbling.
COLLECTOR'S NOTES ...
Then the glass cane is sliced horizontally into thin pieces - murrine - to reveal the intricate patterns within each piece. Molten glass can now be rolled onto the murrine to create the distinctive mosaic surface pattern so valued by collectors.
Once the hemispherical nucleus is covered with enough nacre, the pearl is sliced from the inner shell, the bead taken out, and the hollow filled with a substance such as epoxy resin and backed by a mother-of-pearl plate.
Most crystals were fractured, probably during the metamorphic process, and you could see sections of the same crystal laid out like sliced bread frozen in matrix. But there were terminated crystals.
STEP-CUT. (Trap-Cut.) A form of cutting employed for stones not deeply coloured when they are not cut as brilliants; a simple typical form is that of a stepped pyramid with the apex sliced off.
A basic shape was cast in gold and then further worked manually to form a geometric pattern of cells (cloisons) in which sliced and polished bits of garnet would be placed.
As you inhale, imagine your anxiety being sliced into tiny, tiny pieces. As you exhale, imagine these fragments, now neutralized, dispersing into the void. Continue to inhale and exhale until you feel relief.
small colored glass pieces (tessarae) inlaid in glass or hardstone Milanese Chain Chain consisting of interwoven rows of small links forming a mesh Millefiori Glass ornamentation made from canes of colored glass that are layered, and sliced ...
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