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          Labs do not meet the first week of class.  They begin the following week on 
			Monday, January 25.  See the syllabus for lab 
			meeting times for your section. |  
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          The
          Featured 
          Article in the August, 2005
          Lapidary Journal is about this class!  Jamie Janczak, a 
          former student turned free-lance writer, writes about 
          faceting and her experiences in lab. |  
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          Welcome to the Spring 2021 Gems and Gem Minerals class!   
			From this home page you can navigate to course information, lecture 
			handouts, on-line lecture notes and much more.  Most 
			announcements will henceforth be posted on the UT Canvas site 
			for this class.The spinning ball and stick model above shows the arrangement of carbon atoms in diamond.  It and other minerals
            are easily visualized with
          Xtaldraw, now downloadable as
			Drawxtl, a 
			powerful (and free) graphics program that displays crystal 
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