Who is the 2005 inductee for the American Masters of Stone and what is a Quiltedstone?
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John M. Hickman is one of the 2005 American Masters Of Stone\nHis work is known in a small circle of lapidaries and is prized by many collectors. He is the creator of the quiltedstone. These stones resemble geometrical designs that are made up of pieces of stone from around the world. They are fashioned to be used in jewelry as cabachons and beads.
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check this:\nhttp://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/gem-by-gem.html
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What kind of stone?\n.
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go to www.lapidaryjournal.com  they have many links to what you are looking for...You didnt really say what type of rocks you are looking for...If your interested in cutting material I buy a lot of my stuff from "New Era Gems" which also has a nice website.
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A search on Yahoo! Shopping for "lodestone" will help you source one.\nhttp://shopping.yahoo.com/search?p=lodestone
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Here are some questions that will help you:\n\nFirstly, are they natural or synthetic?  \nSome synthetics can look amazingly similar to heat-treated naturals.  \n\nIf they are synthetic, what kind of synthetics are they? Flame-fusion? Flux-grown? Flame-fusion synthetics can be had for a few cents a piece.  Some flux-grown synthetics cost over a $100/ct.\n\nIf they are natural, you'll need to judge their quality:\n\nColor - Is the color saturated? Is the tone balanced? Do they show undesirable brown modifiers? \n\nClarity - Are there inclusions? How distracting are they? Where are they located? Do they improve or adversely effect the aesthetics of the stones?  Do they affect durability? \n \nCut - Are the stones faceted or cabachon-cut? Are they transparent, translucent or opaque?  What shapes are they?\nAre they cut well? ie balanced & symmetrical, good length-width ratio, good polish and finish.  There is a premium for matched pairs and lots.\n\nCarat - 13 rubies totalling 50 carats makes each piece about 3.85cts.  Hmmm...that's considered large for rubies.  \nFine stones above 3 carats are considered rare.  Commercial & utility quality stones can be hundreds of carats in size and still not be very valuable.\n\nOrigin - Where were they mined? There is a premium for Burmese stones, especially from Mogok.\n\n------------------------------------------ \n\nBased on the information you have provided, it is not possible to accurately say what they are worth.  You could have a jeweller look at them, but it's probably better to send them to a professional colored stone appraiser.  \n\nAs a very rough estimate, here are some price ranges for faceted rubies in the 3ct range (in Bangkok): [Commercial/Good/Fine]\nRuby [25-300/300-1000/1000-6000]\nPink Sapphire (low saturation rubies) [50+/100-250/250-1500]\n\nBTW, 99% of all rubies available in the market are heat-treated.  A premium is put on stones that are not heated but only if they are of fine quality material.  All other things equal, washed out stones that have not been heat treated are never worth more than heated material with good color.
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The answer is: Dino Zoff\nCheck out this link:-\n==> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff
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diamond with a hardness of 10
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First of all, is this your gallbladder stone? Or are you just trying to find out about gallbladder stones? These types of stones are nothing to mess with. My mother had gallbladder stones and she tried something called Hydrangea. It's an herb. And it helped her body remove the stone without any problem.
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http://www.crystalmeth.org/
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yes, in a tag team with Gene Snitsky called \n"Gene Stone"
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I have a created alexandrite and I love it. I need to get the prong on my ring fixed but it's a beautiful stone. Need some details how can I see a picture and how much do you want for it and so on and so forth... I most likely won't buy it but for others interested those are needing info's
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SiO2. That's silicon dioxide, commonly known as quartz. It is specifically the variety of quartz known as chalcedony. The tiger eye pattern is created when quartz replaces crocidolite, a process know as psuedomorphism. Crocidolite is also known as blue asbestos, and is a fibrous mineral. Thus when the chalcedony replaces the crocidolite the original fibrous texture is preserved as the 'tiger eye' pattern of the chalcedony.
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1.  A Stone Mason, a master mason was the engineer, and supervisor in a major construction project that would last for years. See the novel by Ken Follett, "The Pillars of the Earth"\n2. Read the book\n3. The Keep
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a combination between chris masters, master lock\nand scott stieners, stiener recliener......\nI call it the master recliener.\nby the way I am in training to wrestle for \nthe awwl located in williamston michigan.\ncheck out the web site at bigtimewrestling.org
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zonealarm rock lol\nnd beware of the web
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Haven't heard of it - there was a book called "A Stone for Danny Fisher" by Harold Robbins. Pretty good, as I recall.\n\nPer Wikipedia:\nA Stone For Danny Fisher is a very serious, early novel by Harold Robbins that looks at the effect of the Great Depression on a lower-middle class Jewish family. Written in 1952 it is actually set in the period up to 1944.