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Marcasite or Hematite? How to Identify Gray Jewelry Materials

WorthPoint

As I’m perusing online jewelry listings, whether shopping or doing research, I sometimes come across things that just aren’t quite right. of collecting, or you don’t mind a good refresher, here are several different types of gray materials you’ll likely run across if you keep thrifting and hitting the fleas for any amount of time.

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In pictures: Art Basel's Unlimited section offers visions of utopia

The Art Newspaper

It was built in sections over four years: there are people with caravans, an area with the materials needed for the future—such as medicines and food—as well as monuments for the fallen.”

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ARL Libraries Can Improve Accessibility on Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Association of Research Libraries

This Global Accessibility Awareness Day, learn more about Educational Materials Made Accessible (EMMA) , a project to improve access to materials for students with print disabilities. Staff in libraries and disability services offices can use EMMA to access materials on behalf of a person with a print disability.

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Expanding Outreach Through a Reimagined Permanent Exhibit: Historic Crossroads Center

The Mid-West Museum Association

Ten years later MCHS bought the two buildings adjacent to the existing Museum, once again through fundraising and grant sourcing, increasing available space 100 percent, making possible a community room and an award-winning research library. Next, we wrote the grant to secure funding, and then began the research and design phase.

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The Mid-West Museum Association - Untitled Article

The Mid-West Museum Association

Ten years later MCHS bought the two buildings adjacent to the existing Museum, once again through fundraising and grant sourcing, increasing available space 100 percent, making possible a community room and an award-winning research library. Next, we wrote the grant to secure funding, and then began the research and design phase.

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Costume Jewelry Collecting: Mistakes That Drive Collectors Crazy

WorthPoint

Some companies used the same construction techniques and materials on more than one occasion. If you run across an unmarked piece, do some careful research before marketing it as Haskell. Not Doing Your Own Research Speaking of research, one of the best ways to learn is by interacting with others. WorthPoint—Discover.

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How to Identify Rock Crystal in Fine and Faux Jewelry

WorthPoint

Until I was researching to write entries on adornment for the WorthPoint Dictionary , I didn’t realize how extensively—and beautifully—rock crystal was used in fine jewelry, too. Now that you know a bit more about fine and faux rock crystal jewelry, enjoy the hunt for this cool material, both literally and figuratively.

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