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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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An Adornment of Words: Precious Gemstones and Jewelry as Part of Relationships in William Shakespeare's Comedies

Venn, Andrea Faye 16 May 2011 (has links)
No description available.
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Jewels of Responsibility from Mines to Markets:

DeLeon, Sarah Wade Dickinson 24 June 2008 (has links)
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) are important sources of income for impoverished rural populations in many developing countries. Poor labor and environmental conditions often prevail because governments lack the capacity and sometimes the will to responsibly control ASM. At the other end of the supply chain, corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies increasingly require jeweler’s suppliers to control social and environmental aspects of mining. In a sense, jewelry and mining corporations are voluntarily taking the issue of governance into their own hands. A combination of CSR and revenue-centric development strategies has the potential to further marginalize poor, rural populations who depend on ASM. It is therefore important to examine how ASM has been affected by global social responsibility trends, why it is often left out and to find ways that ASM populations can be successfully integrated into planning for sustainable development and socially responsible business. Gemstones and gold are economically the most important global commodities for ASM populations and precious colored gemstones are rarely mined on a large-scale. Ethnographic research was undertaken to explore how global social responsibility strategies interact with local realities of ASM colored gemstone and gold production. Burma, Madagascar and Colombia each present cases with clear interaction between global CSR trends and ASM, and combined provide a range of public policies with regards to rural populations who depend on ASM. Informal interviews and industry observations were conducted with a range of stakeholders in the global precious mineral trade and mineral development sector. Semi-structured interviews were recorded with key informants for each case study and these were triangulated with internal documents, press releases and articles. Burma illustrates a case where global CSR is attempting to halt ASM because of poor governance and human rights violations. Madagascar illustrates a case where governance and education are improving but widespread poverty and a legacy of corruption has so far prevented the direct integration of ASM into CSR strategies. In the case of Colombia, one region has successfully connected ASM with the global CSR dialogue by designing and implementing a certification program to effectively valorize and govern ASM production. Major findings reveal that (1) CSR in the mineral sector is a contentious and political issue with a range of stakeholder viewpoints; (2) a bottom-up, process-oriented approach can successfully drive economic and social improvement in ASM commodity chains; and (3) community empowerment, education, youth leadership and social networking appear to be key factors for driving production of ASM minerals that can comply with social and environmental standards.
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An Examination Of Perceived Risk And Trust As Determinants Of Online Purchasing Behaviour: A Study Within The U.S.A Gemstone Industry

pin_005@yahoo.com.au, Leela Tiangsoongnern January 2007 (has links)
Several studies have shown that there is a negative impact of perceived risk on trust and on the online purchasing behaviour of buyers. Other research suggests a positive impact. However, these relationships have been suggested by using evidence obtained from the purchase of inexpensive, uncomplicated, and hence low risk products such as books, compact disks (CD’s, DVD’s), or clothing. Exploring whether such associations could be generalised within the complex, costly high risk and credence products such as gemstones has not been examined. This gap in the literature was addressed in this study. The results of the study suggest that perceived risk and trust are significant determinants of the online purchasing behaviour of gemstone buyers. The study also shows that the type of Internet marketing strategy used by the seller (the place strategy) and the buyer’s privacy, and security concerns influence a buyer’s perceived risk to purchase gemstones online. Furthermore, Internet fraud protection has been found to be the only significant factor that has an influence on the buyer’s trust to purchase gemstones online. These results have implications for the literature, and all sellers and consumers.
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Identification Methods of Sri Lankan Corundum in Comparison to Other Common Gemstones / Identifikationsmetoder av korund från Sri Lanka och jämförelse med andra vanligt förekommande ädelstenar

Kilbo Pehrson, Axel January 2017 (has links)
Sri Lanka is one of the leading countries in export of high quality corundum (Al2O3) gemstones due to the Precambrian rocks geological background. Combined highgrade metamorphic silicates and carbonate rocks makes perfect conditions for crystallization of this mineral. Weathered and eroded rocks have been transported by fluvial processes and formed gem gravels that are located throughout the country but mainly in the Highland complex of Sri Lanka. In order to determine whether a gemstone is corundum or any other gem mineral different techniques and instrumental methods are used. This report focuses on instrumental methods used to measure the minerals physical properties in order to get a definite mineral identification. Mineral identification in gemological circles is critical for determining the commercial value of a specimen. Factors like transparency and color of and inclusions in gemstone have to be taken into account when evaluating the value of a specimen. It also needs to be distinguished from artificial gemstones and heattreated specimens that in recent years have become more common due to more advanced techniques. By examine inclusions and the chemical composition of a rough or facetted specimen the origin and process can be determined. / Sri Lanka är ett av de ledande exportländerna av högkvalitativ ädelkorund (Al2O3) som bildats i landets prekambriska bakgrund. Hög metamorfos av silikat- och karbonatrika bergarter har skapat rätt miljö för mineralet att bildas. Vittrad berggrund har transporterats och avsatts av fluviala processer och ädelstensförande grus finns i huvudsakligen i Sri Lankas Highlandkomplex. För att kunna avgöra om en ädelsten är korund eller ett annat mineral används olika tekniker och instrument. Denna rapport fokuserar huvudsakligen på instrumentella metoder som mäter fysikaliska egenskaper hos mineral för att därigenom kunna få en definitiv mineralidentifikation. Inom gemologi är det absolut nödvändigt med mineralidentifikation för att bestämma det kommersiella värdet av en ädelsten. Även faktorer som transparens, färg och inneslutningar hos en ädelsten måste undersökas vid värdering. Syntetiska och eller värmebehandlade ädelstenar har blivit allt mer vanliga genom utvecklig av avancerad teknik och att skilja dessa från naturliga stenar är också viktigt. Genom undersökning av inneslutningar och den kemiska sammansättningen av en ädelsten kan dess ursprung och i vissa fall de geologiska bildningsprocesserna fastställas.
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Estudo do quartzo verde de origem hidrotermal tratado com radiação Gama / Study of green quartz of hydrothermal origin treated by gamma radiation

Enokihara, Cyro Teiti 17 December 2013 (has links)
Uma variedade específica de quartzo de cor verde, seja natural ou induzida pela radiação é muito rara. Trata-se de um mecanismo de formação de cor completamente diferente daqueles conhecidos e amplamente discutidos na literatura, que são responsáveis pela formação do quartzo fumê, do citrino e da ametista, incluindo a prasiolita produzida pelo aquecimento da ametista de Montezuma (MG). Somente duas ocorrências, conhecidas até o momento, tem o quartzo incolor, uma no pequeno distrito em Thunder Bay Amethist Mine, no Canadá e a outra na Bacia do Paraná ( Brasil) , ao longo de uma faixa de 600 km, com ocorrências dispersas de geodos, que se estende da região de Quaraí (RS) até a localidade de Uberlândia (MG). Estas duas ocorrências foram formadas sob fortes atividades hidrotermais, a de Thunder Bay é devido ao tectonismo e a da Bacia do Paraná está relacionada às atividades da água meteórica e hidrotermal do Aquífero Guarani. Estes cristais de quartzo hidrotermal apresentam um histórico de crescimento muito rápido, permitindo a formação dos defeitos de crescimento como as geminações, o crescimento em mosaico, as formações com pequenos ângulos inclinados e as estrias que facilitam a absorção da água na forma de água molecular, silanol (Si-OH), hidroxila (OH) e como micro inclusões. Este tipo de quartzo pode ser considerado como quartzo hidratado (wet quartz) semelhante ao quartzo sintético. O teor em água, com até 3200 ppm em massa, é superior à concentração das impurezas estruturais como o Fe, Al e Li. Não existe uma correlação entre o conteúdo da água e a quantidade de impurezas, como ocorre em outras variedades de cor do quartzo. No quartzo hidrotermal de geodos são formados complexos de silanol que quando são irradiados geram os centros de cor NBOHC (Centro de cor do oxigênio com elétron desemparelhado que não participa da ligação) que apresenta absorção no intervalo de 590 nm a 620 nm e formando uma janela de transmissão a 550 nm aproximadamente, responsável pela cor verde. Várias técnicas de análises químicas e de espectroscopia foram empregadas para caracterizar estas amostras de quartzo verde. A determinação do teor de água por meio dos espectros de infravermelho FTIR mostraram menos água (até 2300 ppm em massa), em comparação com os resultados das análises de aquecimento (3200 ppm) decorrente provavelmente, ao complexo silanol remanescente. Para documentar a influência da água na formação da cor verde foram realizadas análises por espectroscopia de infravermelho FTIR em amostras de quartzo de 3 diferentes grupos de ambientes geológicos, o quartzo pegmatítico com Al e Li formado à alta temperatura da região de Santana do Araguaia, o quartzo de veios hidrotermais com Al, mas sem água originado à média temperatura, da região de Curvelo e a ametista com muito Fe, pouco Al e pouco silanol da região de Brejinho e o quartzo de geodos hidrotermais formado a baixa temperatura com alto conteúdo de água molecular e silanol, e com muito Fe e pouco Al. As análises e as comparações permitiram diferenciar e determinar a formação do centro de cor NBOHC (Centro de cor do oxigênio com elétrons desemparelhados que não participam da ligação) para o quartzo hidrotermal de geodos da Bacia do Paraná. Assim, somente cristais de quartzo com alta concentração de água molecular e silanol são apropriados para desenvolver a cor verde por meio da radiação gama. Pode-se mencionar que no mesmo geodo podem coexistir cristais de quartzo com diferentes teores de água. Cabe ressaltar também que o quartzo verde tratado com radiação gama é sensível à radiação ultravioleta e ao aquecimento, levando à perda parcial ou total da cor verde. / A specific variety of quartz showing a green color in nature or induced artificially by radiation is quite rare. This can be explained by the fact that the mechanism of formation of this color is very different from the ones widely discussed in the literature and responsible for the formation of the fumée, citrine and amethyst types of quartz, including the prasiolite (leak green quartz) formed by heating amethyst from Montezuma, Brazil. Only two occurrences are known today, where this type of quartz can be found: Canada, at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine, Ontario, a small district, and Brazil, at widely scattered geode occurrences along a 600 km stretch from Quaraí at Brazils southernmost tip to Uberlandia in Minas Gerais. These two occurrences have been formed by strong hydrothermal activities, at Thunder Bay due to tectonics and in Brazil by meteoric and hydrothermal waters of the Guarani aquifer. That way much quartz crystals showed a very fast growth history facilitating the formation of growth defects (twinning, small angle tilting, mosaic growth, striations) and the uptake of water in form of micro inclusions, molecular water, silanol (Si-OH) and OH. This type of quartz can be considered ¨wet quartz¨, similar to synthetic quartz. The water content with up to 3200 ppm by weight exceeds the amount of charge balancing cations (Fe, Al, Li). There is no correlation between water content and cations as in other color varieties. Instead, silanol complexes are formed, which by radiation due to gamma rays form the color center NBOHC (non-bonding oxygen hole defect), showing absorption between 590 to 620 nm and leaving a transmission window at about 550nm, responsible for the green color. To characterize samples which will be colored green by gamma rays analyses by ICP, NAA, Electron microscopy, water loss techniques and UV-VIS and NIR-FTIR spectroscopic have been made. The spectroscopic water determination showed less water (up to 2300 ppm by weight) compared with heating techniques (3200 ppm), probably due to remaining silanol complexes.To trace the influence of water on color formation, samples from 3 different geological settings (high temperature pegmatitic quartz with Al and Li, from Santana de Araguaia; intermediate temperature vein quartz with Al but without water from Curvelo; amethyst with more Fe, less Al and small silanol content from Brejinho, and low temperature regimes from geodes, high silanol and high molecular water, cations similar to the above mentioned) have been analised by NIR spectroscopy.The former will not show green color, only the latter one. It may be mentioned that even in geodes one has crystals with high and intermediate water content coexisting. The crystals with high silanol and molecular water are the ones to treat by radiation. The radiation induced color is heat and UV sensible with bleaching by longer exposure to these factors.
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Estudo do quartzo verde de origem hidrotermal tratado com radiação Gama / Study of green quartz of hydrothermal origin treated by gamma radiation

Cyro Teiti Enokihara 17 December 2013 (has links)
Uma variedade específica de quartzo de cor verde, seja natural ou induzida pela radiação é muito rara. Trata-se de um mecanismo de formação de cor completamente diferente daqueles conhecidos e amplamente discutidos na literatura, que são responsáveis pela formação do quartzo fumê, do citrino e da ametista, incluindo a prasiolita produzida pelo aquecimento da ametista de Montezuma (MG). Somente duas ocorrências, conhecidas até o momento, tem o quartzo incolor, uma no pequeno distrito em Thunder Bay Amethist Mine, no Canadá e a outra na Bacia do Paraná ( Brasil) , ao longo de uma faixa de 600 km, com ocorrências dispersas de geodos, que se estende da região de Quaraí (RS) até a localidade de Uberlândia (MG). Estas duas ocorrências foram formadas sob fortes atividades hidrotermais, a de Thunder Bay é devido ao tectonismo e a da Bacia do Paraná está relacionada às atividades da água meteórica e hidrotermal do Aquífero Guarani. Estes cristais de quartzo hidrotermal apresentam um histórico de crescimento muito rápido, permitindo a formação dos defeitos de crescimento como as geminações, o crescimento em mosaico, as formações com pequenos ângulos inclinados e as estrias que facilitam a absorção da água na forma de água molecular, silanol (Si-OH), hidroxila (OH) e como micro inclusões. Este tipo de quartzo pode ser considerado como quartzo hidratado (wet quartz) semelhante ao quartzo sintético. O teor em água, com até 3200 ppm em massa, é superior à concentração das impurezas estruturais como o Fe, Al e Li. Não existe uma correlação entre o conteúdo da água e a quantidade de impurezas, como ocorre em outras variedades de cor do quartzo. No quartzo hidrotermal de geodos são formados complexos de silanol que quando são irradiados geram os centros de cor NBOHC (Centro de cor do oxigênio com elétron desemparelhado que não participa da ligação) que apresenta absorção no intervalo de 590 nm a 620 nm e formando uma janela de transmissão a 550 nm aproximadamente, responsável pela cor verde. Várias técnicas de análises químicas e de espectroscopia foram empregadas para caracterizar estas amostras de quartzo verde. A determinação do teor de água por meio dos espectros de infravermelho FTIR mostraram menos água (até 2300 ppm em massa), em comparação com os resultados das análises de aquecimento (3200 ppm) decorrente provavelmente, ao complexo silanol remanescente. Para documentar a influência da água na formação da cor verde foram realizadas análises por espectroscopia de infravermelho FTIR em amostras de quartzo de 3 diferentes grupos de ambientes geológicos, o quartzo pegmatítico com Al e Li formado à alta temperatura da região de Santana do Araguaia, o quartzo de veios hidrotermais com Al, mas sem água originado à média temperatura, da região de Curvelo e a ametista com muito Fe, pouco Al e pouco silanol da região de Brejinho e o quartzo de geodos hidrotermais formado a baixa temperatura com alto conteúdo de água molecular e silanol, e com muito Fe e pouco Al. As análises e as comparações permitiram diferenciar e determinar a formação do centro de cor NBOHC (Centro de cor do oxigênio com elétrons desemparelhados que não participam da ligação) para o quartzo hidrotermal de geodos da Bacia do Paraná. Assim, somente cristais de quartzo com alta concentração de água molecular e silanol são apropriados para desenvolver a cor verde por meio da radiação gama. Pode-se mencionar que no mesmo geodo podem coexistir cristais de quartzo com diferentes teores de água. Cabe ressaltar também que o quartzo verde tratado com radiação gama é sensível à radiação ultravioleta e ao aquecimento, levando à perda parcial ou total da cor verde. / A specific variety of quartz showing a green color in nature or induced artificially by radiation is quite rare. This can be explained by the fact that the mechanism of formation of this color is very different from the ones widely discussed in the literature and responsible for the formation of the fumée, citrine and amethyst types of quartz, including the prasiolite (leak green quartz) formed by heating amethyst from Montezuma, Brazil. Only two occurrences are known today, where this type of quartz can be found: Canada, at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine, Ontario, a small district, and Brazil, at widely scattered geode occurrences along a 600 km stretch from Quaraí at Brazils southernmost tip to Uberlandia in Minas Gerais. These two occurrences have been formed by strong hydrothermal activities, at Thunder Bay due to tectonics and in Brazil by meteoric and hydrothermal waters of the Guarani aquifer. That way much quartz crystals showed a very fast growth history facilitating the formation of growth defects (twinning, small angle tilting, mosaic growth, striations) and the uptake of water in form of micro inclusions, molecular water, silanol (Si-OH) and OH. This type of quartz can be considered ¨wet quartz¨, similar to synthetic quartz. The water content with up to 3200 ppm by weight exceeds the amount of charge balancing cations (Fe, Al, Li). There is no correlation between water content and cations as in other color varieties. Instead, silanol complexes are formed, which by radiation due to gamma rays form the color center NBOHC (non-bonding oxygen hole defect), showing absorption between 590 to 620 nm and leaving a transmission window at about 550nm, responsible for the green color. To characterize samples which will be colored green by gamma rays analyses by ICP, NAA, Electron microscopy, water loss techniques and UV-VIS and NIR-FTIR spectroscopic have been made. The spectroscopic water determination showed less water (up to 2300 ppm by weight) compared with heating techniques (3200 ppm), probably due to remaining silanol complexes.To trace the influence of water on color formation, samples from 3 different geological settings (high temperature pegmatitic quartz with Al and Li, from Santana de Araguaia; intermediate temperature vein quartz with Al but without water from Curvelo; amethyst with more Fe, less Al and small silanol content from Brejinho, and low temperature regimes from geodes, high silanol and high molecular water, cations similar to the above mentioned) have been analised by NIR spectroscopy.The former will not show green color, only the latter one. It may be mentioned that even in geodes one has crystals with high and intermediate water content coexisting. The crystals with high silanol and molecular water are the ones to treat by radiation. The radiation induced color is heat and UV sensible with bleaching by longer exposure to these factors.
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A lapidação de gemas no panorama brasileiro / The gemstones cutting in the Brazilian scene

Nadur, Angela Vido 15 December 2009 (has links)
A realização do trabalho efetuado a seguir, consiste na coleta de informações e a montagem da história da lapidação desde o que o homem primitivo começou a trabalhar os minerais, seu desenvolvimento na Europa até a atual situação da lapidação brasileira. No caráter científico, a identificação e utilização de propriedades físicas e ópticas para determinação do mineral, correlacionando itens como seu melhor aproveitamento na lapidação, como a utilização principalmente do ângulo crítico especifico de cada mineral e sua correta utilização na lapidação de gemas coradas e lapidação de diamantes. Pois o significado da lapidação é transformar o mineral em uma gema aceita pela indústria joalheira, valorizando sua cor, brilho, formato e simetria. No panorama tecnológico a análise de maquinários antigos e tradicionais, juntamente com a inovação de máquinas CNC. Neste trabalho foi presenciado que a fundamentação bibliográfica é restrita para a indústria de lapidação no Brasil. / This work started with a compilation of informations, written and of oral means, to unravel the history of gem cutting from his earliest time to the present situation in Brasil. The scientific part stresses the identification and the use of the physical and optical properties to increase the yield by gemstone cutting. It is shown that the critical angle is the most important property for each branch, the diamond as well the colored gemstone cutting.Gem cutting is the transformation of the rough to a form accepted by the jeweler, showing his best in color, brilliance, form and symmetry. The development of cutting tools is shown from very early times to the present CNC equipment. It could be shown that there exists a quite good data base for an initial description of the gem cutting industry in Brazil.
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A lapidação de gemas no panorama brasileiro / The gemstones cutting in the Brazilian scene

Angela Vido Nadur 15 December 2009 (has links)
A realização do trabalho efetuado a seguir, consiste na coleta de informações e a montagem da história da lapidação desde o que o homem primitivo começou a trabalhar os minerais, seu desenvolvimento na Europa até a atual situação da lapidação brasileira. No caráter científico, a identificação e utilização de propriedades físicas e ópticas para determinação do mineral, correlacionando itens como seu melhor aproveitamento na lapidação, como a utilização principalmente do ângulo crítico especifico de cada mineral e sua correta utilização na lapidação de gemas coradas e lapidação de diamantes. Pois o significado da lapidação é transformar o mineral em uma gema aceita pela indústria joalheira, valorizando sua cor, brilho, formato e simetria. No panorama tecnológico a análise de maquinários antigos e tradicionais, juntamente com a inovação de máquinas CNC. Neste trabalho foi presenciado que a fundamentação bibliográfica é restrita para a indústria de lapidação no Brasil. / This work started with a compilation of informations, written and of oral means, to unravel the history of gem cutting from his earliest time to the present situation in Brasil. The scientific part stresses the identification and the use of the physical and optical properties to increase the yield by gemstone cutting. It is shown that the critical angle is the most important property for each branch, the diamond as well the colored gemstone cutting.Gem cutting is the transformation of the rough to a form accepted by the jeweler, showing his best in color, brilliance, form and symmetry. The development of cutting tools is shown from very early times to the present CNC equipment. It could be shown that there exists a quite good data base for an initial description of the gem cutting industry in Brazil.
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"Learned Gem Tactics": Exploring Value through Gemstones and Other Precious Materials in Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Fontaine-Weisse, Marlia E. 13 December 2012 (has links)
No description available.
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Humble alchemy

White, Shalena Bethany 09 October 2014 (has links)
This master's report addresses the conceptual and material investigations that were explored within my artistic research made at the University of Texas at Austin between 2011 and 2014. These works are a confluence of adornment, sculpture and installation art. These pieces incorporate ancient and contemporary metalworking techniques with raw, organic material. The notion of elegant ornamentation is expanded beyond the body into the adornment of architecture. The potential for transformation and reinvention within found elements is explored within this work. The natural resources I work with have gone through a cycle, which is interrupted when the objects are removed from the earth. I see my process in relationship to alchemical concepts of transmutation. Through manipulation, common matter evolves into precious material. The refined, meticulous craftsmanship conveys a sense of reverence and honor towards the common material. This intervention with the material is an act of preservation and veneration. This work explores my sense of intrigue about the extraordinary potential of mundane materials, and investigates conventional notions of material value. / text

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