Gemstone Beads Index

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080"> Description, composition and history for more than 170 gemstones. Honest information about common enhancements! <P> <a href="main.htm">Gemstone Beads Index</a><br> <A HREF="../misc/sitemap.htm">Rings & Things Site Map</A><BR> <A HREF="http://shop.rings-things.com">Table of Contents</A> <P> <FONT SIZE="4"> <B>We're honest about our gemstones, even when it hurts!</B> </FONT></CENTER> <P> "Are our gemstone beads dyed, stained, treated, enhanced or synthetic? In many cases, yes. Sometimes we confuse customers because we indicate that our product is treated, enhanced or even manmade when our competitors still claim it to be natural. We've lost sales because our customers went to a competitor to buy a 'genuine' product that was exactly the same as ours. This was the case with hematite beads, African 'amber,' cherry 'quartz' and a few other stones where the industry was slow to acknowledge a material or process that replaced or improved on natural products." <CENTER>  Russ Nobbs, co-owner </CENTER> <P> If you can see this, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but you don't have a browser that can view frames. You can still browse much of the site through our <A HREF="../nav.htm">Navigation page</A>, <A HREF="http://shop.rings-things.com">catalog</A> and <A HREF="../PROJ1.HTM">Projects pages</A>. <P> Downloading the newest version of <A HREF="http://www.netscape.com">Netscape</A> or <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com">Internet Explorer</A> will enable you to view this page in the manner in which it was intended. 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