Practical Gemology refers to the application of the knowledge of characteristics and properties of gemstones in identification or separation of synthetics and imitations. Diamond grading is included in practical gemology.
In November 1919 and January 1920, in what notoriously became known as the âPalmer Raids,â Attorney General Mitchell Palmer began rounding up and deporting so-called radicals. Thousands of people were arrested without warrants and without regard to constitutional protections against unlawful search and seizure.
Season one. Season one of Twin Peaks focuses on the mystery of how Laura Palmer (played by Sheryl Lee, pictured in 1990) was murdered. In 1989, logger Pete Martell discovers a naked corpse wrapped in plastic on the bank of a river outside the town of Twin Peaks, Washington.