{"id":286,"date":"2010-07-07T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/?guid=bd2a69e0a65fb6e12789f957d2d4b48e"},"modified":"2010-09-02T20:21:12","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T20:21:12","slug":"all-that-glitters-the-splendor-and-science-of-gems-and-minerals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/2010\/07\/07\/all-that-glitters-the-splendor-and-science-of-gems-and-minerals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"All That Glitters: The Splendor and Science of Gems and Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/TIADmdAGGnI\/AAAAAAAAFiY\/TnQsPeF-4nQ\/s1600\/atg-blk740.gif\"><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 97px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512409903056427634\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/TIADmdAGGnI\/AAAAAAAAFiY\/TnQsPeF-4nQ\/s400\/atg-blk740.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><strong><em>All That Glitters: The Splendor and Science of Gems and Minerals<\/em><\/strong> takes you beyond the \u201cbling\u201d to see gems as very rare and ancient by-products of the forces that have created our landscape, including right here in San Diego County. It is designed to entice adults and children through beauty, science and fun. Through displays and interactive experiences, visitors will learn about the Earth processes that create gems and minerals.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/TIAD-87WjkI\/AAAAAAAAFig\/CLOHyWYYxGU\/s1600\/atglarson_tourmaline.jpg\"><img style=\"MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 228px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512410323943329346\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/TIAD-87WjkI\/AAAAAAAAFig\/CLOHyWYYxGU\/s320\/atglarson_tourmaline.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">The heart of the exhibition features<\/span><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(63,127,157); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnhm.org\/exhibits\/allthatglitters\/history.php#sd_gems\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\"> gems and minerals of California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">, including the<strong>California state gemstone: <a style=\"COLOR: rgb(63,127,157); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnhm.org\/exhibits\/allthatglitters\/history.php#ben\">Benitoite<\/a><\/strong>, that is extremely rare and found only in San Benito County, California\u2014nowhere else in the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px\" class=\"bodycopy\"><\/p>\n<li style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">Explore the <strong>Fantasy Gem Pocket<\/strong>, a cave-like space embedded with gems native to San Diego County, including quartz, tourmaline, blue topaz, pink kunzite, and orange garnet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">Through an <strong>interactive, giant periodic table<\/strong> you will learn how every gem is a <\/span><a style=\"COLOR: rgb(63,127,157); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnhm.org\/exhibits\/allthatglitters\/science.php#elements\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">combination of elemental ingredients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;\">(Photos and above text from the museum&#8217;s website.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"color:#333333;\"><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 14px\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><i>&#8230;if the science isn&#8217;t what attracts you and you just want to see some beautiful things&#8230;y<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)\" class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><i>ou have to check out the new exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum &#8211; if only to see the Butterfly Brooches: Created by Buzz Gray and Bernadine Johnston, 13 butterfly brooches set with rare gems such as Vietnamese spinel, rhodocrosite, stibiotantilite, benitoite, alexandrite, Mexican fire opal, pearls from Baja California, topaz, rainbow moonstone, sapphire, and more.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;\"><\/span><\/em> <\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;\">Stay tuned to this blog for a full report on this exhibit.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;\"><\/span><\/em> <\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;\"><\/span><\/em> <\/div>\n<p><img style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512412880010011282\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/TIAGTvBI4pI\/AAAAAAAAFiw\/FCYoKPhVm1w\/s320\/Green-Sphene-Butterfly.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/3379247251712500914-7267157284376788649?l=flyviewsandreviews.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> All That Glitters: The Splendor and Science of Gems and Minerals takes you beyond the \u201cbling\u201d to see gems as very rare and ancient by-products of the forces that have created our landscape, including right here in San Diego County. It is designed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,297,197,339,241,345,303],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/flyviewsandreviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}