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Lapidary & Jewelry Making Technical Reference Center
	How to Cab (also in German) Creating beautiful, polished cabochons from slabbed rock is a process that anyone can master. This guide will help you work through all of the steps required		Diamond Grits Guide A reference chart of common diamond grit size designations use in lapidary wheels, laps, disc, blades, and drills including particle sizes and per carat counts.
	Earth Science Lesson Plans for Teachers Geology and Earth Science lesson plans, links, and other resources for teachers in grades Kindergarten through high school levels.		Lapidary & Jewelry Glossary Alphabetical listings of common and not so common lapidary and jewelry terms and their definitions.
	Cleaning Specimens Make mineral specimens shine like those in museums. Learn how to clean geodes, quartz and other mineral specimens.		Gemstone Glossary Alphabetical listing of precious, semi-precious, and other common minerals used in lapidary and jewelry making.
	Is That Diamond Real? A simple test you can perform to help you determine if that stone is really a diamond or just a cubic zirconia.		Geologic Glossary Alphabetical listings of rock, mineral, and geologic terms and definitions
	Fakes & Frauds A list of scams, fakes, forgeries and misrepresentations that appear in the mineral collecting market. Learn what to look for and be an informed collector!		Mineral Systems and Classification Systematic mineralogy divides minerals into different classifications by their chemical formulas.
	Hardness Scales Learn about mineral hardness, how it is used by rock collectors, and other methods used to determine hardness.		Mineral Library Reference with over 9,600 different minerals, varieties and synonyms, along with their occurrences and locations.
	Moh Hardness Values Mineral hardness values alphabetically by mineral names for over 2,800 minerals by IMA name and common names.		Meteorites Information on meteorites including their classifications, types, identifying possible meteorites, links, and other resources.
	Lapidary Forums Chat with other lapidary, mineral, rock and geology enthusiasts! A list of rock related forums, bulletin boards, discussion groups and subscribe to email lists.		Bead and Wire Guide for Jewelry Making Information on common bead sizes, beads per strand length, wire and sheet metal gauges, plating abbreviations, and common beading and wire wrapping materials.
	Common Conversions Common conversions used in lapidary and rock literature, gemology, geology, and in the related earth sciences.		Spot Metals Real time spot metal for Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium. US and London Market quotes along with real time graph values.
	Using a Dressing Stick (PDF) How to use a dressing stick to refresh the cutting ability of your sintered diamond wheels, saw blades and core drills.		Periodic Table Periodic Table of elements that links to physical properties and history of elements in the table.
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