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		<title>Sugilite:  Purple Pleasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you like purple, you&#8217;ll like sugilite.  The color of sugilite ranges from pale lavender to a deep purple.  Pure purple&#8211;with no impurities&#8211;and translucent, is the most valued and is considered gem grade.  Gem grade is the most expensive and the most rare.  Gem grade sugilite is also known under the trade names of &#8220;Royal Lavulite&#8221; and &#8220;Royal Azel.&#8221; Sugilite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysocolla: A blue-green beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysocolla is one of my favorite gemstones.  It has a beautiful blue-green color, sometimes more blue, sometimes more green.  Some of the different colors are due to inclusions of azurite (blue) or malachite (green).  Like azurite and malachite, chrysocolla is a copper mineral.  Chrysocolla is often confused with turquoise.  You may also see the term &#8220;parrot-wing&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving your Etsy shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I attended a shop critique workshop in the Etsy Virtual Labs. I was one of the lucky ones who made it into the hot seat to have my shop critiqued. Here are some things that I learned about how to improve my shop Use all the tags available to you Use all five photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sealing patinas, brass, and copper with wax</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two related questions that I&#8217;ve seen more than once in the two years that I&#8217;ve been following the Orchid forum, are &#8220;how do I seal patinas?&#8221; and &#8220;how do I seal brass/copper?&#8221;  I&#8217;ve had these questions too.  So, I searched the Orchid forum and distilled the answers into two possibilities:  wax and lacquer.  This post is about wax, [...]]]></description>
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