This fused glass bowl tutorial covers making a bowl with a little surprise. Reversed colours on opposite sides of the bowl will have the viewers entranced. ...

Don’t you just love fused glass pattern bars? They are so versatile. You can slice them up and use them in so many projects. And the possible patterns are endless. This post shows how I made a simple red, white and blue pattern bar. ...

The Moh\'s hardness scale refers to scratch hardness. The resistance of one mineral to be scratched by another. ...

Some of the gemstone names we commonly use can be very confusing, and often costly to those unaware. For example, \'Indian Jade\' is actually Aventurine, a form of quartz. The reference to \'Jade\' is confusing and simply incorrect. ...