<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514781235957587350</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:34:18.289-08:00</updated><category term='topaz'/><category term='ruby'/><category term='gemstones'/><category term='sapphire'/><category term='emerald'/><category term='amber'/><category term='gem stone'/><category term='turquoise'/><category term='gem'/><category term='diamonds'/><category term='birthstone'/><category term='birth stone'/><title type='text'>Lost in Mystique of Gemstones</title><subtitle type='html'>Experience the various hues of gemstones in a way never experienced before.People everywhere, throughout history, have followed a natural instinct to collect things of beauty and value, and have used whatever gems they found locally from shells to sapphires to adorn themselves. Today, the whole range of the world's gems is available to those who can afford them. But the inherent attraction of gems their beauty, durability, and rarity remains the same.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jazz Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14138193070388212253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/Sk0EYGfT8tI/AAAAAAAAAG0/kpJXua3LqY4/S220/6611483_tml.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514781235957587350.post-2076966104440379047</id><published>2009-07-02T07:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T10:23:40.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cervical Spondylosis / Neck Pain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://cervical-spondylosis.com/"&gt;Cervical Spondylosis / Neck Pain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shared via &lt;a href="http://addthis.com"&gt;AddThis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cervical-Spondylosis.com :: Complete information about Neck Pain, its causes,relief from neck pain and homeopathy for cervical spondylosis, DIY massage techniques. 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Are you wearing the right gemstone?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-is-your-birthstone-are-you-wearing.html#links"&gt;Lost in Mystique of Gemstones: What is your birthstone? 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Are you wearing the right gemstone?'/><author><name>Jazz Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14138193070388212253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/Sk0EYGfT8tI/AAAAAAAAAG0/kpJXua3LqY4/S220/6611483_tml.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514781235957587350.post-8824004283712832171</id><published>2007-12-18T08:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T10:07:45.074-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthstone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birth stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gem stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gemstones'/><title type='text'>What is your birthstone? Are you wearing the right gemstone?</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/birth_stones.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;Birthstones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div id="Feedzilla_container_164730" style="text-align:center;width:400px;"&gt;&lt;div id="Feedzilla_container2_164730" style="text-align:center;height:400px;width:400px;border:1px solid #cccccc"&gt;&lt;div id="Feedzilla_news_widget_164730"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://in.feedzilla.com/" style="text-decoration:none;font-size:10px;"&gt;RSS feeds&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://in.feedzilla.com/" style="text-decoration:none;font-size:10px;"&gt;News Widgets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- End Feedzilla news widget Code --&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Early civilization as far back as the Assyrians (1400 BC)   invested rare and beautiful gemstones with magical properties. Some minerals   were thought to contain a force or possess certain values and powers. For   instance, amethyst was said to prevent intoxication. Tradition associates a   gem with each sign of the zodiac based on a color system. Color was thought   to unleash the power attributed to the birthstone. In time, birthstones   became associated with calendar months rather than the zodiac. And people   began to select birthstones in colors other than the original.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/birth_stones.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Which gemstone is your birthstone? 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Are you wearing the right stone?</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/birth_stones.htm"&gt;Birthstones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Early civilization as far back as the Assyrians (1400 BC)   invested rare and beautiful gemstones with magical properties. Some minerals   were thought to contain a force or possess certain values and powers. For   instance, amethyst was said to prevent intoxication. Tradition associates a   gem with each sign of the zodiac based on a color system. Color was thought   to unleash the power attributed to the birthstone. In time, birthstones   became associated with calendar months rather than the zodiac. And people   began to select birthstones in colors other than the original.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/birth_stones.htm"&gt;Learn about your birthstone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/birth_stones.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloggernity.com/"&gt;Blog search directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloggapedia.com/" title="Blog Directory"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bloggapedia.com/bp_small_images/blog-gapedia9.png" border="0" alt="Blog Directory" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloglisting.net"&gt;Blog Listings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8514781235957587350-5488726998072967542?l=mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/feeds/5488726998072967542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8514781235957587350&amp;postID=5488726998072967542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default/5488726998072967542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default/5488726998072967542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-is-your-birthstone-are-you-wearing_18.html' title='What is your birthstone? 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Topaz  occurs in different colors. golden - yellow topaz and pink topaz are the most  valuable. Blue and green topaz are also popular. Pink topaz are very rare. Topaz  has one perfect cleavage. Topaz occurs in igneous rocks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/topaz1.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;Read more on topaz on my website.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/topaz1.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fJ2u_sLMI/AAAAAAAAACY/X3q7yKkWL0s/s1600-h/guio.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 174px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fJ2u_sLMI/AAAAAAAAACY/X3q7yKkWL0s/s200/guio.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145303041459367106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;Turquoise is one of the first gems to be mined. Turquoise has an intense color  which varies from sky blue to green, depending upon the amount of iron and  copper in it. Sky blue turquoise, found in Iran is most valuable form of  turquoise. greener variety of turquoise is found in Tibet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/turquoise1.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;Read more on Turquoise on my website.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/turquoise1.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQO_sLNI/AAAAAAAAACg/yYiSmOrUiAU/s1600-h/sapphireblroundf.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 144px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQO_sLNI/AAAAAAAAACg/yYiSmOrUiAU/s200/sapphireblroundf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145305678569286866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;All gem quality corundum that is not red is called sapphire, yet most sapphires  are associated with color blue. Variation in color of sapphire is due to the  content of iron and titanium impurities in them. Sapphire comes in the colors of  green, pink, yellow and even colorless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/sapphire1.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Read more on sapphire on my website.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/sapphire1.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQO_sLOI/AAAAAAAAACo/nCKDzOgnHHk/s1600-h/ds.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 135px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQO_sLOI/AAAAAAAAACo/nCKDzOgnHHk/s200/ds.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145305678569286882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Ruby is the name given to red, gem quality corundum. Ruby is a tough gem and  comes next to diamond in terms of hardness. Ruby is one of the best gemstone for  jewellery settings. It occurs worldwide in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Though  gem quality ruby mostly occurs in Burma and Thailand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/ruby1.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Read more on Ruby on my website&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/ruby1.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQO_sLPI/AAAAAAAAACw/NwpiLotGLKc/s1600-h/big_emerald.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 138px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQO_sLPI/AAAAAAAAACw/NwpiLotGLKc/s200/big_emerald.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145305678569286898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Emerald is a green colored gemstone. Emeralds are rarely flawless and is often  oiled to hide the flaws, cracks and enhance color. Emerald gets its glossy green  colour from the presence of chromium and vanadium. Emeralds was widely used in  historical jewellery, ancient engravings and cameos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/emerald1.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Read more on Emerald on my website.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/emerald1.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fNt-_sLSI/AAAAAAAAADI/faoytTo7ehE/s1600-h/amber_insect.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fNt-_sLSI/AAAAAAAAADI/faoytTo7ehE/s200/amber_insect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145307289182022946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"&gt;Amber is the fossilized resin of trees. Ambers are golden orange in color. Amber  contains insects (flies, frogs, lizards), moss, lichen or pine needles that were  trapped millions of years ago when the resin was still sticky. The most famous  ambers are found in the coast of Poland and the former USSR.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/amber.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"&gt;Read more on Amber on my website&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/amber.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQe_sLRI/AAAAAAAAADA/Sv7k0gxlw9U/s1600-h/diamond.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQe_sLRI/AAAAAAAAADA/Sv7k0gxlw9U/s200/diamond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145305682864254226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Diamond is the hardest mineral on earth, and this combined with its exceptional  lustre and brilliant fire, has made it most highly prized of all gemstones. Pure  colorless diamond is the most popular. Its discovery was done in the year 1870  in South Africa. Today Australia is the main producer of diamond. Diamond is  graded by color, cut, clarity and carat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/diamond1.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Read more on Diamond on my website.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/diamond1.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQe_sLQI/AAAAAAAAAC4/I-J1nuYYfo0/s1600-h/mix_gem.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fMQe_sLQI/AAAAAAAAAC4/I-J1nuYYfo0/s200/mix_gem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145305682864254210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;Cubic Zirconia is a colorless gemstone which closely resembles diamond and  oftenly mistaken as diamond. Cubic zirconia can be distinguished by diamond by  its double refraction and by wear and tear on its facets edges. Cubic zirconia  is mainly used in ornaments and is a substitute for diamond.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/cubic_zirconia.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;Read more on Cubic Zirconia on my website.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/cubic_zirconia.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Jazz Kim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valuablestones.com/"&gt;www.valuablestones.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.a1weblinks.net"&gt;A1 Web Links -&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8514781235957587350-6095606009654307290?l=mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/feeds/6095606009654307290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8514781235957587350&amp;postID=6095606009654307290' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default/6095606009654307290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default/6095606009654307290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/2007/12/know-stones.html' title='Know the stones..'/><author><name>Jazz Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14138193070388212253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/Sk0EYGfT8tI/AAAAAAAAAG0/kpJXua3LqY4/S220/6611483_tml.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2fH1-_sLKI/AAAAAAAAACI/LXhi0QdJSlo/s72-c/banner1.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514781235957587350.post-1061974455004606933</id><published>2007-12-18T00:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-18T09:39:32.784-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diamonds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gemstones'/><title type='text'>Exotic world of colored gemstones</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2eFv-_sLDI/AAAAAAAAABE/PbTN2Z4qCWE/s1600-h/cubic_zirconia12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2eFv-_sLDI/AAAAAAAAABE/PbTN2Z4qCWE/s200/cubic_zirconia12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145228158704561202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Have you recently purchased a GEMSTONE? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Or planning to buy one. Read This First&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;What are gemstone ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gemstones are generally minerals that have been, or may be, fashioned to use for personal adornment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Do you know that there are thousands of gemstones and in thousands of colour, and these gemstones are used to make a very spectacular jewelry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/"&gt;Valuablestones.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDnO_sLWI/AAAAAAAAADo/9TgwVJPOQJA/s1600-h/cubic_zirconia13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 99px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDnO_sLWI/AAAAAAAAADo/9TgwVJPOQJA/s200/cubic_zirconia13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145366546845805922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You must have got bored with the same old fashioned gold and diamond jewelry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Now its time to have something new.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;I was very fond of diamonds and I purchased lots of them of different cuts and in various patterns of jewelry. But one day I really got bored with all this old fashioned trend which was running from years. So I decided to hunt for something new..!! Something extraordinary, exotic and that looks better than these gold and diamond kinds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;So, I was on my trip to Sri Lanka, where I found these stones and all of them were so attractive that I bought as many as I can and yes for some I have to sell my own gold jewelry as I was short of money.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/"&gt;Valuablestones.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEb-_sLYI/AAAAAAAAAD4/xEmcu-jHAg8/s1600-h/35835-A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 114px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEb-_sLYI/AAAAAAAAAD4/xEmcu-jHAg8/s200/35835-A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145367453083905410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEcO_sLZI/AAAAAAAAAEA/B6D_SnpNAW4/s1600-h/DSCN0853.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 118px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEcO_sLZI/AAAAAAAAAEA/B6D_SnpNAW4/s200/DSCN0853.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145367457378872722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEcO_sLaI/AAAAAAAAAEI/_qF19A8Aaps/s1600-h/36163-A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 113px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEcO_sLaI/AAAAAAAAAEI/_qF19A8Aaps/s200/36163-A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145367457378872738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEce_sLbI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/QWzQQ2pR0u4/s1600-h/36328-A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEce_sLbI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/QWzQQ2pR0u4/s200/36328-A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145367461673840050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEce_sLcI/AAAAAAAAAEY/eYgiXEH2B10/s1600-h/prod_70.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 103px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gEce_sLcI/AAAAAAAAAEY/eYgiXEH2B10/s200/prod_70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145367461673840066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDnO_sLXI/AAAAAAAAADw/dX5yxmoCfgs/s1600-h/topaz111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 88px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDnO_sLXI/AAAAAAAAADw/dX5yxmoCfgs/s200/topaz111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145366546845805938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDm-_sLVI/AAAAAAAAADg/ALsJ_QaD35o/s1600-h/pearl17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDm-_sLVI/AAAAAAAAADg/ALsJ_QaD35o/s200/pearl17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145366542550838610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Then I searched for the jewelers who make jewelry using gemstones. I ordered a few patterns, and when they were finally completed and were in my hands, I realized that I never had such beautiful jewelry in my lifetime. And on wearing them to parties and public places, I was noticed and asked for the jewelry so many times that I really appreciate the work of the jewelers and the stones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;I got so passionate with them that I searched all over the internet about them, their history, their luster, their structure, their colors, how they are formed, where are they found, synthetic gemstones, imitated gemstones, And I collected on my hard drive. And since then I am always influencing my friends to buy one of a kind. &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/"&gt;Valuablestones.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDme_sLTI/AAAAAAAAADQ/fK97Z-03snU/s1600-h/aquamarine17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 160px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDme_sLTI/AAAAAAAAADQ/fK97Z-03snU/s200/aquamarine17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145366533960903986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;And now I wish to share with all of you over the internet who really are interested in gemstones, jewelry, diamond, etc. so I have paid 500$ to a website designer just to post all of the pictures and data I have been collecting on gemstones and jewelry. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/"&gt; An online encyclopedia for Gemstones  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;And now the website has become like an encyclopedia of Gemstones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;So all who are interested please visit my website all who are interested please visit my website &lt;a target="_new" href="http://www.valuablestones.com/"&gt;Discover the world of Gemstones &amp;amp; Diamonds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;I hope you will like and appreciate my work and won’t make it a waste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Thanks for reading, I hope and suggest you to find an online store and order them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDmu_sLUI/AAAAAAAAADY/bRWuSXqtQKw/s1600-h/opal1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2gDmu_sLUI/AAAAAAAAADY/bRWuSXqtQKw/s200/opal1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145366538255871298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;All comment are welcome, please email me at p912z@yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;- Jazz Kim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8514781235957587350-1061974455004606933?l=mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/feeds/1061974455004606933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8514781235957587350&amp;postID=1061974455004606933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default/1061974455004606933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8514781235957587350/posts/default/1061974455004606933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentally-guitarded.blogspot.com/2007/12/exotic-world-of-colored-gemstones.html' title='Exotic world of colored gemstones'/><author><name>Jazz Kim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14138193070388212253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/Sk0EYGfT8tI/AAAAAAAAAG0/kpJXua3LqY4/S220/6611483_tml.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_qEeDWguZ5eQ/R2eFv-_sLDI/AAAAAAAAABE/PbTN2Z4qCWE/s72-c/cubic_zirconia12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
