Combination of ruby with zoisite
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Combination of ruby with zoisiteZoisite is a mineral that includes several gem varieties, it would not be of significant importance if not for the discovery of the transparent blue to purplish-blue variety that has been given the name "tanzanite". This form of zoisite is the main gem variety and has become increasingly popular and mainstream ever since its recent discovery. The variety "thulite" is used as a minor pink gemstone, it is an inexpensive stone used for cabochons and beads. The term "zoisite" is rarely used on its own in the gemstone trade. Ruby-zoisite is the natural combination of both ruby and zoisite crystals in a single specimen. Ruby-zoisite was discovered in northeast Tanzania by Tom Blevins, an English prospector. To this day, Tanzania remains the only source for ruby-zoisite. Blevins had initially thought that he had found vast ruby deposits in 1949, but it later turned out to be a green zoisite matrix with large inclusions of mostly opaque ruby. Commonly, date of ruby-zoisite discovery is considered to be 1954. Ruby-zoisite is also known as "anyolite", a name derived from the Masai word for "green" (anyoli). Other name variations include "ruby-in-zoisite" and "Tanganyika artstone" (Tanganyika is the name of the former German and British colony, now the part of Tanzania). Ruby-zoisite can often be identified by its distinctive mottled colors and appearance. Rocks are primarily composed of green zoisite and large inclusions of black hornblende and red ruby, which create interesting patterns with its matrix rock. Ruby-zoisite is very popular as an ornamental stone, which is often carved into figures such as birds and other animals and ornate decorative objects. Ruby-zoisite is moderately hard and suitable for most types of jewelry. Large cabochons are available, which are ideal for use as pendants; rings are also suitable for ruby-zoisite. On rare occasion, fine materials may be faceted. Tumbled and drilled ruby-zoisite beads are quite popular. Large oval shapes are most popular. Ruby-zoisite is not known to be treated or enhanced in any way. |
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Fashion Colorworks 2016. Ekaterina Muravyova
Ekaterina Muraviyeva, selo Nikolskoe, Arkhangelsk region, Russia Ekaterina says, "Having a few years of journalistic experience, I do not know how to write about myself. I believe, it is always more interesting to tell about others. For a year now I've lived in a small village of Nikolsk (Arkhangelsk region, Russia). In fact, that is in the south of the Far North of Russia. Last spring our family of three people and four cats moved here from Moscow, got a huge old merchant's house and now enthusiastically restore and rebuild it. Acquiring a home is one of the most insane and right acts in my life. And one way or another, we're here thanks to beads. How is it said in fairy tales? "Once upon the time..." So, once upon the time, more precisely, almost 10 years ago I had a stable, well-paid job in Moscow. And there was absolutely no time for anything else, including hobbies. And one day I was "lucky" to get seriously ill, so seriously that I had to spend a lot of time at home and my further prospects with good Moscow job became unclear. I honestly planned to recover at home, but already on the third day of my forced rest it became clear: lying in bed just didn't work, I urgently needed to do something. I looked through my craft passions, got to the beads and... In a day I was sitting over a box of Czech beads picked up in a basket at random, and I was happy. It seems there were about four kilograms of beads. Four absolutely unsystematic, but very beautiful and shiny kilograms! A month later I ventured to take pictures of my timid attempts to make some pendants and place them on the pages of my blog. And three months later I realized that I would not return to offices and my editorial work anymore, I would prefer to stay at home with my family and beads..."
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Fashion Colorworks 2016. Tatiana Romanenko
Tatiana Romanenko, Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine Tatiana says, "For a long time I have worked as an accountant for a private company, but I constantly felt a great desire to do something creative and therefore I changed my profession without a shadow of a doubt. In 2010 I took a course in stylistics and in 2012 I graduated from the Academy of Hairdressing Art by Lyudmila Abramova; after that I have worked as a master in wedding hairstyles and make-up. I have been engaged in crafts all my life - if, of course, it is possible to say like that. There were various hobbies: knitting, crocheting, macrame, for a long time I have made embroidery. But once my children helped to find my real desire - they gifted me a set for beadwork and a small loom. The new occupation was a real discovery for me. I had a feeling that the hands themselves knew what and how to do, as if I had been doing this all my life. So after many years of "searching myself" I was able to find my true love in handmaking. Each work inspires an irresistible desire to create a bead painting as soon as an amazing picture of some kind is found. Once there is something worthwhile - that is it, the process in my head goes already without stopping to the victorious end! Hundreds of times the palette of beads is revised to select the necessary colors and shades. It captures... Beading is for me a kind of creativity that brings a lot of pleasure. Firstly, this is a favorite occupation, secondly, it gives the joy of contemplation of the finished work, and thirdly it is an opportunity to work with high-quality material (I use the Delica beads of the Japanese company Miyuki in my works). Any master will tell you that when he creates his work, he puts a piece of his soul into it. Such items have their own special energy. That is why beadworks can be admired for hours, people can watch how the beads play in shades, feel the master's emotions and, in the end, fall in love with these works..."
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