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Victoria Stone (aka Iimori Stone) Victoria Stone is one of my favorite lapidary materials. Recent research has determined that Victoria Stone is actually leaded glass. VS was created by Dr. S. Iimori in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Victoria Stone was a man-made material, manufactured by Dr. S. Iimori in Japan in the mid-60s. At that time this beautiful, chatoyant material was marketed as Iimori Stone. Within a couple years the name of Iimori’s creation, started selling at the Tucson Shows as Victoria Stone.
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Glass is essentially silicon dioxide (SiO2), and quartzsand is its primary source. This article deals exclusively with the commercially or artisanally created varieties of glass used to simulate gemstones. Natural glasses exist, such as obsidian and tektites. These materials are described in separate articles.
When added to glass, metals and minerals can create many colors. These additives also have other effects. For example, lead is frequently added to raise refractive index (RI) and dispersion. It also makes the material more durable, a feature characteristic of lead crystal glassware. (Of course, crystal is an inappropriate adjective for amorphous gl...
Glass can be made and shaped to appear like almost any type of gem. However, its physical and optical properties usually differ significantly from those of the natural gemstones it may resemble. With just a loupe, gemologists may find many telltale signs of manufactured origins. Glass usually contains inclusions not found in natural gems, such as s...
Many glass pieces are indeed shaped like traditional finished gems and given colors and other optical effects that imitate natural stones. Jewelry makers may use such pieces as accents or even center stones in their projects. However, as long as the pieces are disclosed as glass to consumers, this isn't a deceptive practice. Sometimes, glasses may ...
You can easily identify faceted glass with foil backs (rhinestones) by looking at their pavilions. They're usually opaque and show a different color than you see face up. Richly colored rhinestones are used very frequently in costume jewelry. Glass can receive many types of treatments to imitate a wide variety of gemstone colors, textures, and phen...
There's no single best way to clean glass jewelry. Some pieces have treatments which may react poorly to typical household glass cleaners or mechanical cleaning systems, especially surface coatings and foil backs. Since household dust has a hardness(7), which exceeds that of most glass gemstones, use a lint-free cloth for manual cleaning and resist...
Established in 1974, Victoria Stone is a leading fireplace and flue company. We are exclusive agents for a wide range of fireplaces, wood burners and gas fires from leading European manufacturers including Focus-Creation, Stuv, Charnwood, Stovax, Bellf...
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