References and links
Bibliographic references
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Acknowledgments - our greatest thanks to:
- The authors of the cited publications on Spanish sphalerite used in our website.
- Eneida Kwetkus Castañón for her help with the revision of English language at this site.
- Juan Cózar Cuello for pictures of the Picos de Europa National Park and Aliva mine.
- Manuel Moreno, faceting instructor at IGE for his fantastic course.
- Josep Mª Serrano and Montse Bagué for their introduction to meetpoint faceting.
- Gemologyonline forum and "Lapidary Corner" participants for all their useful advices for faceting.
- All the authors of faceting designs published on the Internet and used to cut our stones.