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#44206 10/12/01 06:31 PM
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Great quiz clue: "which double elephant has 864 pairs of wings?"


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Didn't Audubon eat his birds?
Augh!
No, he was too busy stuffing them into an elephant...


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Is an aspiring ornithologist an Audubon wanabe? an Audubon who audubeen?


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Audubon would never have made it in society ...



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lapis lazuli

I love the way it rolls off the tongue. Just thinking of the color brings me peace. The world needs more lapis lazuli. Anyone know if it has any significance(new age or old age)?


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A quick Google got me this: with pictures of the stones
http://www.beadage.com/makejewelry/info/stones.html


For birth-month stones:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wedding/gems.html

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Excellent!
unakite, worn by Ben Franklin
malachite, worn by Ben Franklin after the lightning struck his unakite
hematite, worn by seamstresses
rhodonite, worn by long-haul truck drivers
peridot, worn by oral surgeons specializing in gum disease
chrysoprase, worn by yes-men
chrysocolla, worn by vendors at athletic stadia
azurite, worn by authors, or by ayleurs in the process of posting
amazonite I'm not getting near this one!


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lapis lazuli

This stone has been mentioned frequently in my art history class. In Mesopotamian sculptures the eyes would not be carved in detail. Instead they would put lapis lazuli in to simulate a real eye.



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