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US 11,395,530 B2Granted
Encapsulation of material with precious and semi-precious stones
AssigneeGtl Company
InventorsPaul Gloyer, Tim Lewis
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Abstract
A protective apparatus includes a gemstone and a foreign material encapsulated and physically isolated within an interior space of the gemstone. The gemstone is one of a precious gemstone or a semi-precious gemstone or a semi-precious stone.
Claims11
A method for protecting a lunar material, the method comprising:
- locating the lunar material within a gemstone, comprising:
- forming an opening in the gemstone that extends from an exterior surface of the gemstone to an interior space within the gemstone, wherein the opening is circumferentially closed by the gemstone,
- inserting the lunar material through the opening into the interior space of the gemstone after forming an opening;
- and
- encapsulating the lunar material within the gemstone by sealing the opening of the gemstone with a sealing material such that the sealing material seals the interior space from the exterior surface and the lunar material is physically isolated within the interior space;
- wherein the gemstone is one of a precious gemstone, a semi-precious gemstone, or a semi-precious stone;
- and
- wherein the lunar material has a maximum dimension of less than or equal 1.0 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.