[Jewelry making - Article 00726] - [Orchid] Bowers Museum - Gem exhibit

[Catherine Gaber]

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    I just learned of this great gem exhibit last night, but it's not
    too late for some of you in california to go see it. 

    cathy gaber


    GEMS! THE ART AND NATURE OF PRECIOUS STONES 
    February 16, 2003 - February 29, 2004 
    http://www.bowers.org/ 

          Curated by Bowers President Peter Keller, Ph.D., this exhibit
          features some of the world's finest known gems. 

          On display are more than 300 rare gems, including: the largest
          faceted gemstone, weighing 220 pounds or 500,000 carats; a
          necklace featuring the two largest known examples of the
          sapphire-like California state gemstone, benitoite; a
          400-carat golden sapphire that is one of the world's largest;
          and the world's largest tanzanite (242 carats) set in a tiara
          with 1,000 diamonds. 

          Gems! answers the basic questions of gemology, presents
          delicate and rare gems and portrays gemstones as art, focusing
          on some of the most notable artists known today. Artists
          include Bernd Munsteiner from Idar-Oberstein, Germany, and
          John Marshall from Seattle, Washington. 



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