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Art, Wine and Design: Romancing the Stone: A visit to America's Great Emerald Deposit by Michael Wise, Smithsonian Institution

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Romancing the Stone: A visit to America's Great Emerald Deposit

Michael Wise, Smithsonian Institution

http://mineralsciences.si.edu/staff/pages/wise.htm

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Dr. Wise, mineralogist from the National Museum of Natural History, conducts research on many minerals used as gems  and has extensive experience on emeralds from North Carolina. Emeralds in this region were discovered in 1875.

 

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Gems:  A source of Inspiration for Interior Designs

Amelia Logan, Decorating Den

www.ameliavallone.decoratingden.com

Dr. Logan, CEO of Amelia Vallone Interiors, will talk about Interior Designs inspired by the Mackay emerald necklace, a famous piece from the National Gem Collection.

 

Don't miss this fascinanting opportunity to learn about the most significant emerald deposits in North America and the connection of the Mackay necklace to the Holiday Season.

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Amelia Vallone Interiors

"Here in the heart on Northern Virginia, in Reston Town
Center, come to experience where the Creativity has no limits, where the Inspiration fills the air, where the Originality is the start, where the Art and the Design meet".

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