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Im Feuer geboren

nobody@ipernity.com (Wanderphotograph) — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:06:23 +0000

Mal etwas anderes von mir.
Nach dem trockenen Sommer hatte ich Lust endlich mal wieder mit dem Feuer zu spielen.
Und wer errät, um welchen Edelstein es sich hier handelt?

Tiffany Opal Necklace

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 22:20:17 +0000

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At the Smithsonian Institute Museum of Natural History In Washington, D.C.

"This necklace was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and features black opals accented with brilliant green demantoid garnets. The black opals are from Lightning Ridge, Australia and have a beautiful blue-green play-of-color. The rare demantoid garnets are from Russia. The 18k yellow gold necklace is 30” in length and has a grape leaf motif echoing the design of the pendant. This naturalistic design of leaves and vines and the decorative style of the pendant is a wonderful example of Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts jewelry that was being made in the early 20th century. Louis Comfort Tiffany was considered one of the most important decorative artists working during this time; he was known for his innovative glass, enamels and decorative materials and created windows, glassware, lamps, metalwork, furniture, ceramics and textiles. He did not design and make jewelry until 1902 at the age of 54, after the death of his father Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of one of this country’s most successful jewelry, silver and luxury goods stores. In 1907 he became artistic director and his distinctive “Tiffany Art Jewelry” being manufactured at Tiffany Furnaces was transferred to Tiffany & Co. and produced there until the department closed in 1933. Tiffany used opals extensively in his jewelry and was influenced and assisted by George Frederick Kunz, the gem expert at Tiffany & Company who traveled the world in search of unusual gems and semi-precious stones for the company’s designers. This pendant necklace was donated to the Smithsonian in 1974 along with a sales receipt from Tiffany’s, dated Dec. 31, 1929."

geogallery.si.edu/10002702/tiffany-opal-necklace

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Giant gem

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:29:21 +0000

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Opal is the national gemstone of Australia, which mines 97% of the world's opal. This is a particularly large and colorful stone.

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Amethyst

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Mon, 07 May 2007 02:36:15 +0000

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Part of an Amethyst geode - the colour isn't accurate, shows the crystals more mauve than the true purple.

Amethyst

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:10:19 +0000

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A few dog-tooth crystals on a slab of Amethyst from Brazil.

Amethyst

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:55:39 +0000

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Amethyst taken from another angle. Love those flat, shiny, triangular crystal sides.

Gem

nobody@ipernity.com (Badly) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:58:47 +0000

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Does Valentine's Day come in green?

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:11:38 +0000

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This is a loose Peridot cut in a heart shape that I had purchased some years ago and never had set. I found it very difficult to photograph but did get this shot that I thought was decent enough to post.

Variscite

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:06:47 +0000

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Rhodochrosite

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:31:08 +0000

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