Rhodescabbin Store A BUYERS GUIDE TO LAPIDARY ROCKS I have sold and bought rocks and Lapidary equipment on Ebay now for 7 years. In that time I have done a whole lota buying. In doing so I have learned many a...
Chalcedony (kal SED' nee) is any form of microcrystalline quartz , where the crystals are too small to be seen without high magnification. However, in the rock world, only the translucent or transparent,...
A small but hopefully handy list of the variety of colours produced in Jasper by Wedgwood. Black. Pale Blue Cobalt Blue Midnight Blue Royal Blue Portland Blue Chocolate Brown Crimson Wine Sage Green an Earlier...
IF YOU FIND THIS USEFUL PLEASE VOTE YES BELOW TO MAKE THIS VISIBLE TO OTHERS Wedgwood listed over two thousand designs including subjects from Egyptian, Greek, and Roman history, mythology, masks, chimeras,...
Ebay has had some recent fake ocean Jasper being sold mostly by chinese sellers. Ocean jasper is one of the most collectable stones in recent times. Word that the mine is running out or empty seem to fuel...
The local urban legend offers up Stefoinite as being named by Rudy Stefoin. This is backed up by his daughter Helen. He and Switz Tynsky, and a small hand full of others knew the location. Switz had the rock...
Wedgwood Jewelry has long been considered the epitome of refined jewelry. It lends dignity and a level of sophistication to the appearance of the man or woman who wears it. Wedgwood Jewelry used to be very...
DATING WEDGWOOD The three letter Date Code system was introduced in 1860. The 1st letter was the month of production , the 2nd the potters mark and the 3rd is the year of production.In 1907 the 1st letter was...
Agates and Jaspers; What are they and how do they become gems. Basically they are both quartz based. Quartz makes up about 12% of the earths crust. It takes many forms. When you can can see a large single...
Congratulations! You are reading this guide...which I PROMISE will forever change how you clean your valuables! I wish that I could have known about this years ago! Oh to have all that "cleaning time" back!...
