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2. Pietra dura - Wikipedia

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   Altar frontal of Italian opera di commessi, Dubrovnik Cathedral Detail of design with roses over crossed canes, 1882. Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtra ˈduːra]), pietre dure ([ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre]) or intarsia lapidary [1] (), called parchin kari or parchinkari (Persian: پرچین کاری) in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly ...

3. East High Street Historic District (Springfield, Ohio)

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   Springfield was founded in 1800, [2]: 129 but for its first half-century of existence, the land now included within the district was used for agricultural purposes. [2]: 458 However, by the 1840s, Springfield had grown eastward from its original core, and the brothers Gustavus and William Foos platted some of their land along High Street for residential purposes in 1848.

4. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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   In 1986, California named benitoite as its state gemstone, a form of the mineral barium titanium silicate that is unique to the Golden State and only found in gem quality in San Benito County. [80] ^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue ...

5. Taaffeite - Wikipedia

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   Taaffeite (/ ˈ t ɑː f aɪ t /; BeMgAl 4 O 8) is a mineral, named after its discoverer Richard Taaffe (1898–1967) who found the first sample, a cut and polished gem, in October 1945 in a jeweler's shop in Dublin, Ireland. [4] [5] As such, it is the only gemstone to have been initially identified from a faceted stone.

6. Diamond (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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   Currently, gem production totals nearly 30 million carats (6.0 tonnes; 6.6 short tons) of cut and polished stones annually, and over 100 million carats (20 tonnes; 22 short tons) of mined diamonds are sold for industrial use each year, as are about 100 tonnes (110 short tons) of synthesized diamond. [64]

7. Precious Pleats? Please! These Dazzling Gems Were ... - AOL

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   A one-of-a-kind clip inspired by draped and pleated fabrics affirms the seductive allure of simplicity.