This week we added the following:
We completed editing the Glossary terms starting with Q and R, including updating the content and links, and adding pictures. Now on to "S", which contains the most phrases of all letters in the glossary!
Take a look at this video on CNN, which shows a whopping 25 Lb faceted Emerald:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2012/01/17/can-twenty-five-pound-emerald-found.cbc
The Emerald, which is from Brazil, is definitely large, and it has the emerald-green color. However, it lacks transparency and is not gem-quality, so it is not quite as outstanding as the video makes it out to be. Still in all, it's mammoth size is unprecedented, and the Emerald crystal from which it was faceted must have been quite a piece.
We finally finished editing and adding new pictures to glossary entries starting with "P". "P" is one of the longest ones, with the third largest amount of glossary terms starting with "P". You can view here.
We just added the following three new phosphate minerals into the system, which includes all new content and photos: