Thursday, 20 March 2014

Randy Sterns, head trainer and president of Dade City's Wild Things in Florida, feeds a two-week-old Siberian tiger cub
Honey Quartz beads are a medium to dark saturation of a yellowish brown tone of quartz resembling a fine irish Honey color. The gem is transparent in quality and usually has few internal characteristics. The gem is mined in Brazil, Africa, South Africa, Uruguay, US (Arizona), Canada, India, Madagascar, Mexico, 
Red dye is thrown by the fistful into the Baldev Temple in Dauji, about 110 miles (177 kilometers) south of Delhi. Red is an auspicious color in India. "Red is traditionally a color that brides wear, But typically during Holi, there is no preference for one color or another. It's the practice of coloring that we celebrate."

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Labradorite beads were named after the location it was founded, Labrador in Canada, is known for its schiller or labradorescense in vivid metallic tints of blue, green and yellow. However, the most prized schiller is the complete spectrum.www.ratnagarbha.com/
 found this boulder after being tipped off by a local hiker,” recalls Justin Ridgely, owner of the Volcanic Climbing Gym in Honolulu, Hawaii. “It's a short scramble through the jungle up a pig trail. The boulder is about 14 feet tall, and the problem [the path that a climber takes] is called ‘All Boars Go to Heaven.’” This spot, which is known as Boarlomana, is canopied by a large banyan tree and surrounded by bamboo. “We shot this in the afternoon … the jungle is thicker there, which gives it that eerie light,” 
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Lemon Quartz beads are a color enhanced lemony yellow transparent quartz variety. New to the market, Lemon Quartz is mined as a colorless quartz then treated to produce the vibrant and stable lemon color.

Monday, 17 March 2014

A man fishes in an artificial lake outside Poland's coal-fired Belchatow Power Station October 31, 2013. The Polish government's decision to host a coal-industry conference during international climate talks has drawn fire from environmental activists.