No, Schreger lines crisscross in the crosshatched pattern described above & are visible only in ivory segments that have been cut in cross section...
Funny. I misread the broom in JD's version as being one for a chimney & Cinderella crossed my mind. But she kept on going because I couldn't...
:hilarious::banghead::hilarious::banghead::hilarious::hilarious:
Evidently the answer is no, no matter how you define givré, unless you would describe the surface of your cabs as frosted, which I'm not seeing in...
Show her this one: [IMG]
I'm not seeing any real chatoyancy, although maybe just the photo. This is how I expect a cat's eye effect to look: [ATTACH]
I remember kilims being all the rage in the late 70s & no doubt have had a market since then as well.
Bill Gates' first attempt.
Yes. Jewelllery with stones chosen because they were interesting, not because they were precious or semi-precious, doesn't really seem to have...
I have a miniature piece of ruby flashed stemware with my grandmother's (misspelled) name, Okla City, 1906, so these must have been very popular...
Isn't this forum wonderful? (Literal.)
For reference, this archeological revival style bull's eye agate has inscriptions memorializing deaths in 1870 & 1871: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The...
I was ready to put this in if no one else had. Exactly how I read it.
Teen heartthrob for sure.
Maybe instructions to the binder about where to place the prints?
I'll start off & give the others something to react to. The square panels sort of look like jasper (a catchall term for opaque chalcedonies...
This looks suspiciously like Princess Diana's engagement ring, now on Kate's finger. It was widely reproduced. E.g.:...
The fancy word for pearls with those striations around them is cerclé.
Horn, maybe. But if whole thing is tourist souvenir, handle materials probably artificial. I'm just making things up until AJ gets here.
I don't know the first thing about it but I think it's a very nice bear.
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