GEMSTONE COLORING & DYEING
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Tip describes how to dye faux pearls, either plastic or glass with a pearlized coating. BEAD & BUTTON #8 Apr 1995 pg. 4
Tip on dying gemstones using "Rit" dyes. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Feb 1990 (v.43#11) pg. 104
Tips on coloring gemstones using heat, dyes, etc. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Jun 1990 (v.44#3) pg. 93
Tip on testing for dyes used on (1) pink or oxblood corals or (2) turquoise. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Oct 1990 (v.44#7) pg. 108
Tip on dyeing porous gemstone material (such as serpentine or marble). LAPIDARY JOURNAL Dec 1990 (v.44#9) pg. 109
Tip on lightening smoky quartz using an oven. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Feb 1994 (v.47#11) pg. 126
Tip on using bleach and heat to create pastel rose colored tigereye cabochon material. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Jul 1994 (v.48#4) pg. 110
Tip describes a method of coloring agate slabs by applying heat. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Feb 1996 (v.49#11) pg. 120
Tips on tinting and dyeing alabaster. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Dec 1996 (v.50#9) pg. 112
Tip on how to test turquoise to ascertain whether or not the color is natural. LAPIDARY JOURNAL Jan 1997 (v.50#10) pg. 124
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