| If you have ever been in a jewelry shop, | | | | pieces of art are one of a kind, as they |
| you have no doubt marveled at the | | | | are each made of individually cut pieces |
| magnificent precious and semi-precious | | | | of stone, and just as no two snowflakes |
| stones that are used to create their | | | | or diamonds are alike, the same is true |
| jewelry masterpieces. Now imagine you | | | | with gemstone globes. Gemstone globes |
| could have a collection of those | | | | are not only geopolitically correct, but |
| precious and semi-precious stones to | | | | they also make sense because they are |
| show off in your home. We're not talking | | | | model of the planet that is created by |
| about filling jewelry boxes full of | | | | using some of the most beautiful things |
| jewelry, rather something you can show | | | | the earth can yield. The stones that are |
| off all the time - gems. Gemstone globes | | | | used to create gemstone globes have been |
| are stunning. They are world globes that | | | | mined around the world. There are some |
| instead of being made out of plastic or | | | | people who would make mock gemstone |
| some other boring material are actually | | | | globes and try to pass them off as the |
| created with pieces of precious and | | | | real thing, but the colors of the stones |
| semi-precious gemstones that are inlayed | | | | are nearly impossible to reproduce |
| into the surface to create the world. | | | | artificially. The richness and depth of |
| Stones such as lapis will make up the | | | | the pieces are so pure, even in their |
| seas around the land, and other | | | | slight imperfections they are something |
| semi-precious stones will be used to | | | | only Mother Nature can create. When you |
| portray all the countries and | | | | look at a gemstone globe and study the |
| continents. Compared to traditional | | | | beauty of these pieces through those |
| globes, there is no comparison. Gemstone | | | | imperfections, and the hands of these |
| globes are not only functional pieces of | | | | skilled craftsmen, you will know they |
| world study; they are also works of art | | | | are the real thing. Unlike those cheap |
| in their creation. Not only are the | | | | classroom plastic globes, gemstone |
| small, perfect, country shapes cut out | | | | globes are pieces that everyone will |
| of these gemstones, but the creator also | | | | admire. Instead of ending up in a |
| has to take into account that they are | | | | 50-cent bin at a garage sale, real |
| creating a piece of art on a curved | | | | gemstone globes will be heirloom pieces |
| canvas. If you have ever tried to fit | | | | that anyone in your family will feel |
| pieces together in a mosaic, you know | | | | honored to receive. Gemstone globes are |
| how hard it is on a flat surface. Then | | | | not just a way to look at the world, but |
| add the fact that you are building on a | | | | a way to start a family heirloom |
| curve, and this is an amazing artistry. | | | | tradition. tone globes. |
| In gemstone globes all these pieces fit | | | | Jesse Akre, author, gives advice on |
| perfectly together, with a possible | | | | buying gorgeous gemstone globes, classic |
| bronze or copper strip between the | | | | globes and handsome Replogle globe. |
| countries to mark their borders. These | | | | |