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In the same site, the series was given 3 stars for Crystal Shard and 3.5 stars for Streams of Silver and The Halfling's Gem. It was considered standard enjoyable fantasy fare, although clichéd. [8] Ian Strelec, staff reviewer for d20zines.com, awarded Streams of Silver a B+ rating. He praised the vivid descriptions and good characterizations ...
The Lord guided the people through the wilderness and were eventually directed to cross the sea in "barges". The vessels were sealed and watertight [3] [4] and able to be swamped by waves without sinking. [5] Air was obtained from outside the vessels, as needed. [6] [7] They also brought with them animals and food. [8]
Mogul Mughal Emerald, 217.80 carats cut; mined in Colombia and cut in the Mughal empire in Hijri year 1107 (1695–1696), resides in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar [7] [8] Patricia Emerald, [9] 632 carats uncut, dihexagonal (12 sided); discovered in Colombia in 1920, resides in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, US
[T 3] [T 2] A person could look into a palantír to communicate with anyone looking into another palantír. They could then see "visions of the things in the mind" of the person looking into the other stone. [T 3] The stones were made of a dark crystal, indestructible by any normal means, except perhaps the fire of Orodruin. They ranged in size ...
The ruby sold for a record US$30.42 million on 12 May 2015 at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva, Switzerland, to Heidi Horten. [3] [6] It was originally estimated to be worth between US$12 and 18 million prior to auction [1] [9] [10] and bidding started at 11 million Swiss francs or US$11.8 million.
Asterism is generated by reflections of light from twin-lamellae or from extremely fine needle-shaped acicular inclusions within the stone's crystal structure. [1] A common cause is oriented sub-microscopic crystals of rutile within the gem mineral. It occurs in rubies, sapphires, garnet, diopside, and spinel when a cabochon is cut from a ...
Jared Leto, the Oscar-winning actor known for transforming himself for roles — including the wild Joker in Suicide Squad, hefty John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman in Chapter 27 and the ...
The dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and Wulfgar the barbarian race to Calimport to rescue their friend Regis—who is being held as a captive, along with Drizzt's magical panther Guenhwyvar, by Artemis Entreri—and his stolen gem from the vengeance of Pasha Pook, Regis's former boss whom Regis betrayed by stealing his hypnotizing gem. While Drizzt ...