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		<title>The Waterwing/Aquarius/Greenway 2.0 polishing lap</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2012/04/24/the-waterwingaquariusgreenway-2-0-polishing-lap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amost 2 years ago I reviewed the Greenway polishing lap. It was the ultimate Emerald polishing lap in my opinion and I have been enjoying the experience ever since. Then I received a pre-production sample of Jon&#8217;s latest brainchild which has turned out to be a considerable improved version over the original Greenway. With this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orienting a Moonstone crystal to show off the phenomena</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2010/07/31/orienting-a-moonstone-crystal-to-show-off-the-phenomena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this crystal from a customer with the request to facet a checkerboard brilliant oval. I am not a big fan of faceted phenomenal stones as they rarely do justice to the effects. Moonstones are especially suited to low flat cabochons which will display the adularescence optimally. High rounded cabs will have much smaller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Greenway lap by Gearloose</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2010/05/08/the-greenway-lap-by-gearloose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 02:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am delighted to relate that I was one of the cutters chosen to test the new Greenway lap. This newest addition to the Gearloose arsenal of fine polishing products is a Chrome Oxide &#8216;sintered&#8217; lap. This lap requires nothing other than water to function well and produces no residue of consequence. This is not [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2009/11/05/55/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent post from Kevin Kelly regarding an American law for a bloggers requirement to divulge receiving free products was the inspiration for this endorsement and blog entry. I probably wouldn&#8217;t have made my comments to Orchid readers as this is a lapidary related product and will probably be of little interest to the majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gemstone repolishing</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2009/09/27/gemstone-repolishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With gems of serious value, when saving a few points is real money, the increased time involved in locating each original facet and repolishing it, is worth paying for. Other than that repolishing is somewhat of a misnomer because a damaged or abraded stone is invariably recut and then polished. Even if a stone has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pleonaste</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2009/09/19/pleonaste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I do like writing that name almost as much as I enjoy mispronouncing it&#8230;. It is &#8216;better&#8217; known as the iron rich Black Spinel which is currently gaining popularity being cut into tiny faceted stones as a black diamond simulant. It is also lesser known as a simulant for Jewellers Black Onyx. Amusing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faceting demonstration</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2009/01/31/faceting-demonstration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no problem with having people watch or talk to me when I am cutting and have given a couple of talks to clubs and such. I have even cut in a shop window, so when a gemmologist friend asked me to give a cutting demonstration to his gemmology students, I agreed on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Twas the night before Christmas</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2008/12/29/twas-the-night-before-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2008/12/29/twas-the-night-before-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a B.C. Nephrite jade ring that I cut from a block of &#8216;Cassia chromite&#8217; to fit the 14k white gold mount supplied by my customer. Usually if I am called upon to work on Christmas Eve it&#8217;s because some very sad jeweller is in deep trouble from a last minute woops. The only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bits and pieces</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2008/12/08/bits-and-pieces/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2008/12/08/bits-and-pieces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having bits left over is a quite different concern for a lapidary than it is for a motor car mechanic. In this first case I didn&#8217;t do anything particularly clever but since I have some pictures of it I have to share. The first picture shows the checker-board cushion rectangle Amethyst that I cut to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thankyou Hanuman</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2008/12/07/thankyou-hanuman/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/thegemdr/2008/12/07/thankyou-hanuman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonylloydrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my first post I have to express my gratitude to Hanuman for giving us all the opportunity to both show and see what&#8217;s going on in the workshops, offices and stores of fellow Orchidians. I shall strive to be adequate. Tony.]]></description>
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