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Today is an American R&B vocal group formed in 1988. The group comprised Frederick Lee "Bubba" Drakeford, Larry "Chief" Singletary, Wesley "Wes" Adams, and Larry "Love" McCain, childhood friends from Englewood, New Jersey .
Just as the angle of the sides of a cabochon creates the pressure to hold the stone in place, so there is an overlying principle in setting faceted stones. If one looks at a side view of a round diamond, for example, one will see that there is an outer edge, called the girdle, and the top angles up from there, and the bottom angles down from there.
A cabochon (/ ˈ k æ b u ʃ ɒ n /; from Middle French caboche 'head') is a gemstone that has been shaped and polished, as opposed to faceted. The resulting form is usually a convex (rounded) obverse with a flat reverse. [1] Cabochon was the default method of preparing gemstones before gemstone cutting developed. [2]
Wrist-band.com is an American technology company that manufacturers and retails silicone wristbands online. The company was founded by Zishan Momin and Azim Makanojiya, who was included on Inc. Magazine ’s list of the Top 10 South Asian Entrepreneurs in 2011.
From left to right: A sliding-pin stud set with red glass; a screw-back evening stud set with cabochon onyx; and a screw-back stud with mother-of-pearl affixed to brass. A shirt stud is a decorative fastener that fits onto a buttonhole on the front of a pleated shirt, or onto the starched bib of a stiff-front shirt. Such shirts have special ...
For most people, the last time they tried to thread craft beads onto plastic string was at summer camp. Swifties have changed that. Beaded friendship bracelets are now a ubiquitous sighting at ...
A cabochon yellow-green quartz showing the cat's-eye effect. To bring out the chatoyancy effect, gemstones are typically fashioned into a cabochon cut, characterized by a rounded, flat base rather than facets, with the fibrous structures aligned parallel to the base. High-quality specimens display a single, sharply defined band of light that ...
A watch strap, watch band, watch bracelet or watch belt is a bracelet that straps a wrist watch onto the wrist. [1] Watch straps may be made of leather, plastic, polyurethane, silicone, rubber, FKM, cloth, or metal, sometimes in combination. It can be regarded as a fashion item, serving both a utilitarian and decorative function.