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	<title>Cabochons and Bezels Plus</title>
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	<description>Semiprecious gemstone cabochons and bezel type settings made using silversmithing and silver solder techniques</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Heat Treating Lapidary Cabochon Minerals For Silver Solder Jewelry Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Heat Treating Minerals
There are a great many minerals
that can be heat treated as shown in
the forum post. Heat treating these
different minerals can result in some
outstanding color enhancements !
Here is a picture of some showing
a Brazilian Agate before, intermediate,
and a fully heat treated cabs.
Slow increments of raising the heat
and lowering the heat makes a
difference between highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intarsia Gemstone Cabochon For Silver Solder Jewelry Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first attempt at making an intarsia !
A bit of a disaster..
It should have been more obvious to me while grinding down the flat edges of the Obsidian that it was not nearly good enough. As can be seen at the joints.
I knew the top edges were a bit chipped, but thought that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annealing – jewelry design – silversmithing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is annealing really just a simple matter of heating the metal and letting it cool? 
I think this is the first question that comes to mind for someone brand new to working silver and other metals for jewelry design. I know it was for myself.
One important benefit to annealing is that the process makes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Torch Procedure Tutorial Silver Solder Jewelry Design</title>
		<link>http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/basic-torch-procedure-tutorial-silver-solder-jewelry-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tutorial by Art Jewelry Magazine
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		<title>Ten Reasons Using Hard Silver Solder For Gemstone Cabochon Jewelry Design</title>
		<link>http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/ten-reasons-using-hard-silver-solder-for-gemstone-cabochon-jewelry-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Good Reasons
1. Hard solder actually becomes easier and quicker to use  than the &#8220;step&#8221; method. No hat trick, just controlling your torch, all my students can do that easily with in the first 30 minutes of learning to light a torch. This includes junior high age students. By using only hard solder there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gemstone Cabochon Silver Bezel Setting Type Jewelry Design Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Something to blog about !
Have been burning, melting, and generally wasting a lot of silver trying to learn how to silversmith, the past few pendants have turned out a-ok though.
Thought might blog about and share a few of the most recent, successful, and favorite pendants.
This first one has a Nipomo and Marcisite gemstone cabochon. Unlike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat Lap For Intarsia &#38; Diamond Mesh Abrasives – Gemstone Cabochon Jewelry Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Gosh&#8230;. Been a while since have added a blog post&#8230; Been a bit of a blogging slacker !
Thought might share a bit about a flat lap set up I picked up.. Purchased this with the intent of starting to try my luck with intarsia type cabbing. That and wanted to give some 8&#8243; padded diamond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Crazy Lace Agate Gemstone Cabochon Pendant Jewelry Design Process</title>
		<link>http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/mexican-crazy-lace-agate-gemstone-cabochon-pendant-jewelry-design-process-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just for fun want to show off this recent Mexican Crazy Lace Agate pendant. Sorta patting myself on the back just a little as it is my best silver solder project yet !
We decided to have a jewelry design contest for existing forum members.  Actually, it is still ongoing as of this blog entry..
Not being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dendritic Moss Opal / Opalite / Opalized</title>
		<link>http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/dendritic-moss-opal-opalite-opalized-2/</link>
		<comments>http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/dendritic-moss-opal-opalite-opalized-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>georgeingraham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently received several slabs of what I believe to be a dendritic Moss opal.  Not entirely sure if it is an opal, opalized, or a opalite. I have read that opalite is an opalized volcanic ash than can occur with common opal and agate. It can be dendritic.
Opalite is very hard and can have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokane Area Social Network Crafts, Lapidary, Jewelry, Misc Art / Artists</title>
		<link>http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/spokane-area-social-network-crafts-lapidary-jewelry-misc-art-artists-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brand new Spokane area Social Networking Community for crafts, lapidary, jewelry, and all other related artists.
This community was started as a means to simply bring a variety of local niche artists from the Spokane area together in hopes of creating interesting and unique opportunities for all members.
Members are not limited to the few arts categories [...]]]></description>
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