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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Gemstones"”.
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Rare Earth: Gemstones, Geohistory, and Commercial Geography c. 1600-1750
… that European scholars were able to investigate gemstones in the places they formed. Over the course of the seventeenth century, Dutch and English East India Company networks created new opportunities for jewelers, goldsmiths, and gem merchants to survey, map, sample, and compare mineral deposits …
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The Jewel of the City
… a connection between a passion for the beauty of gemstones and craftsmanship of jewelry making to provide a metaphor for making beautiful architecture. The direction of the thesis made manifest connections and similarities between integrating art, craft and making beautiful jewel pieces and …
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The Hero's Journey
… on the magical properties attributed to flowers, gemstones and other materials to create shrines, altars, and other objects. Juxtaposing these properties, found in my research of esotericism and mythology, with action figures establishes symbolic connections that act as an interface to the …
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Coinage and conflict: the manipulation of Seleucid political imagery
… namely that on coins, but with reference to gemstones, seals, and sculpture where evidence exists. No attention has been given to the aesthetic value of such items, as has been the habit of art historians, as a great deal of the evidence analysed here consists of bronze coins. Nor is this …
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Contemporary insights into the dynamics of foreign direct investment in Zambia
… economic status – fresh water, arable land and gemstones. Key challenges in the country range across the spectrum from inadequate infrastructure to labour market challenges as well as the consequence of rising foreign firm entry – crowding out of local investment. The report suggests key policy …
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Calibration, recognition, and shape from silhouettes of stones
… of 1200 six-view silhouette sets of uncut gemstones are correctly matched in approximately 68 seconds (using a 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 machine]. An experiment that compares silhouette-based shape estimates with mechanical sieving demonstrates an application using the developed methods. A batch of …
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Guiana Shield diamonds, the sub-cratonic lithosphere, and kimberlite emplacement in the upper crust.
… nearly 150 years within the Guiana Shield. These gemstones are an undescribed diamond suite within an understudied portion of the Amazonian Craton. Our study confirms they are likely eroding as paleo-placers from Roraima Supergroup rocks, but may have been primarily derived from older ultramafic …
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Nature's objects : geology, aesthetics, and the understanding of materiality in eighteenth-century Britain and France
… towards jewelry settings, formulas for false gemstones, and chemical demonstrations. Artisans judged a diamond's functional and authentic attributes in order to craft acceptable imitations. In focusing upon silver and gold, the second chapter traces the material transformations of valuable …
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Factors Influencing Consumer Buying Decisions on Gold and Gemstone Jewellery in Myanmar
This study aims to delve into the multifaceted determinants that shape consumers’ buying decisions concerning gold and gemstone jewellery in the Myanmar market. The dynamic landscape of the Myanmar gold and gemstone jewellery sector is characterised by a diverse array of marketing strategies and …