Lapidary

  • 51Metalworking — Machining a bar of metal on a lathe. Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts… …

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  • 52Onyx — A slice of sardonyx (width = 2.5 cm) General Category Oxid …

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  • 53Stone carving — is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work.Work… …

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  • 54Cloisonné — Ming Dynasty cloisonné enamel bowl, using nine colors of enamel …

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  • 55Fossil collecting — Collecting fossilized shark s teeth is an easy way to begin collecting fossils. They are often found in abundance on public beaches. The teeth shown here were collected in Castle Hayne, North Carolina, and are from the Eocene and Cretaceous …

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  • 56Trevi — Infobox CityIT img coa = trevi Stemma.gif official name = Comune di Trevi name = Trevi region = Umbria province = Perugia (PG) elevation m = 412 area total km2 = 71.2 population as of = Dec. 2004 population total = 8007 population density km2 =… …

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  • 57Paleo-Hebrew alphabet — Type Abjad …

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  • 58Abel Buell — Infobox Engineer image size = caption = name = Abel Buell nationality = American birth date = 1742 birth place = Killingworth, Connecticut death date = 1822 death place = New Haven, Connecticut education = Goldsmith apprentice spouse = Un named… …

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  • 59Jean d'Outremeuse — or Jean des Preis (Liège, 1338 1400) was a writer and historian who wrote two romanticised historical works and a lapidary. La Geste de Liége is a leisurely account of the mythical history of his native city, Liege, written partly in prose and… …

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  • 60Klerksdorp Spheres — The Klerksdorp Spheres are small, often spherical to disc shaped, objects, which have been collected by miners and rockhounds from 3.0 billion year old pyrophyllite deposits mined by Wonderstone Ltd., near Ottosdal, South Africa. These objects… …

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