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	<title>Cabochons and Bezels Plus</title>
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	<description>Semiprecious gemstone cabochons and bezel type settings made using silversmithing and silver solder techniques</description>
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		<title>Closed up shop. Have a few odds and ends to offer for cheap ! Gemstone cabochons, jewelry, pendants and matching earring pairs</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2012/05/15/closed-up-shop-have-a-few-odds-and-ends-to-offer-for-cheap-gemstone-cabochons-jewelry-pendants-and-matching-earring-pairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Closed up shop and have a few odds and ends to offer.. Some extra nice gemstones, and also a few pieces of jewelry.. http://ning.it/JWzVYu&#8221; No longer doing lapidary, or making jewelry.. Just a few things that would like to offer.. Some real nice cabs, and a few pieces of jewelry at http://ning.it/JWzVYu]]></description>
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		<title>United States Indian Affairs Letter / Pawnee Agency Indian Territories / Post Civil War Letter Correspondence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[.
Just using the power of blogging to post this eBay listing. Will remove at the close of auction.
Here is the link to the eBay listing for detailed photos.
Farewell letter ( with Congressional seal ) from Pawnee Agency to their friend, neighbor, officer, and respected Indian Territories Clerk. 
Included with this letter is the Civil war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matching Gemstone Cabochon Earring Pairs &#8211; Ferro Actinolite &#8211; Jewelry Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I come across something a bit more unusual and interesting. This Ferro Actinolite is one of those !
This Ferro Actinolite is a beautiful translucent, opaqe green, with nickel webbing. At least I believe the webbing is nickel.
I am still unsure about the origin. One reference suggests Astor, Shigar Valley Pakistan. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderstone Rhyolite Holy Cow Polish Verses Oxide Gemstone Cabochon Jewelry Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 22:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had only cabbed some Wonderstone Rhyolite one time back when first learning to cab. Took me a while to learn that the polishing difficulties I was having were not me, but the lack of silica content in the Wonderstone. As a result did not think would purchase again until I met Linna of Stone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderstone Rhyolite Holy Cow Verses Tin Oxide Polish</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 23:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had only cabbed some Wonderstone Rhyolite one time back when first learning to cab. Took me a while to learn that the polishing difficulties I was having were not me, but the lack of silica content in the Wonderstone. As a result did not think would purchase again until I met Linna of Stone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avila Brecciated Rhyolite Agate</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/05/18/avila-brecciated-rhyolite-agate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 03:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A member from my Lapidary / Gemstone Community forum (Polished Pebble, Connie) sent me this most unusual material. This is Avila Brecciated Rhyolite. Also called &#8220;DeeDeeite&#8221; by the rock club nearest the deposit about three miles from California&#8217;s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Most of this type has larger rhyolite pieces floating in the agate&#8230;but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avila Brecciated Rhyolite Agate for Gemstone Cabochon Jewelry Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A member from my Lapidary / Gemstone Community forum sent me this most unusual material.
This is Avila Brecciated Rhyolite. Also called &#8220;DeeDeeite&#8221; by the rock club nearest the deposit about three miles from California&#8217;s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
Most of this type has larger rhyolite pieces floating in the agate&#8230;but these pieces have the smaller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heat Treating Lapidary Cabochon Minerals For Silver Solder Jewelry Design</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/02/09/heat-treating-lapidary-cabochon-minerals-for-silver-solder-jewelry-design/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/02/09/heat-treating-lapidary-cabochon-minerals-for-silver-solder-jewelry-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heat Treating Minerals There are a great many minerals that can be heat treated as shown in the forum post. Heat treating these different minerals can result in some outstanding color enhancements ! Here is a picture of some showing a Brazilian Agate before, intermediate, and a fully heat treated cabs. Slow increments of raising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intarsia Gemstone Cabochon For Silver Solder Jewelry Design</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/02/09/intarsia-gemstone-cabochon-for-silver-solder-jewelry-design/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/02/09/intarsia-gemstone-cabochon-for-silver-solder-jewelry-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first attempt at making an intarsia ! A bit of a disaster.. It should have been more obvious to me while grinding down the flat edges of the Obsidian that it was not nearly good enough. As can be seen at the joints. I knew the top edges were a bit chipped, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annealing – jewelry design – silversmithing</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/02/09/annealing-%e2%80%93-jewelry-design-%e2%80%93-silversmithing/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/taogem/2010/02/09/annealing-%e2%80%93-jewelry-design-%e2%80%93-silversmithing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is annealing really just a simple matter of heating the metal and letting it cool? I think this is the first question that comes to mind for someone brand new to working silver and other metals for jewelry design. I know it was for myself. One important benefit to annealing is that the process makes [...]]]></description>
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