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