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Topic 32 of 69: Wish Lists

Sat, Jun 12, 1999 (17:06) | Wolf (wolf)
This is the place to post what you are looking for. Maybe someone else knows where to find it and can help you out!
46 responses total. 

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 1 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jun 15, 1999 (12:33) * 1 lines
roque mallets.

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 Response 2 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Jun 15, 1999 (14:15) * 1 lines
what do you wanna smash, terry?

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 Response 3 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Jun 15, 1999 (14:24) * 3 lines
if you're talking about croquet---

http://www.croquet.com/ 

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 Response 4 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jun 17, 1999 (09:50) * 5 lines
roque to croquet is like baseball to softball.

I want some of my own roque balls to smash. It may be still popular in
England, but it's passe in the states.


 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 5 of 46: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Jun 17, 1999 (11:05) * 1 lines
Wow! THe Dead Media's equivalent in games - you should make a project out of that!

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 6 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul  7, 1999 (21:22) * 5 lines
A meteorite for my rock collection.
Gastrolith for same
Every so often we have some spectacular eruptions which bring pieces of the Earth's mantle to the surface. I have some of these, and for all you August babies, it is solid peridotite (tiny crystals of Peridot). Most beautiful. We even have green sand beaches here which are granules of Peridot. Green beaches!
Also have black beaches and the white ones are crushed seashells and coral, not
silica as on the continents.

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 Response 7 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul  7, 1999 (21:27) * 1 lines
Oh, and a coprolite would be interesting - just to say I have one...

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 8 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul  7, 1999 (21:28) * 1 lines
...and a piece of amber with a whole creature in it.

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 Response 9 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Jul  7, 1999 (21:35) * 3 lines
i hear you about the amber. there's something about owning a piece of earth millions of years old even when it's been polished. i don't know if my piece has any insects in it, maybe if i take a jewelers glass and get a good look. it's shaped into a heart and dangles from a ring. i love it but am disappointed that i can't find more of it set in gold (which really compliments the warm earth tone).

i can't imagine crawling around on a beach of peridot!! i'll go ahead and enter the rock topic. i don't collect rocks but enjoy looking at them!

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 10 of 46: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Jul  8, 1999 (05:59) * 1 lines
Come to GErmany, Wolf! Lots of amber on offer, especially around the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts. Major cities' fleamarkets with Russian and Polish vendors have a lot of amber to offer, too. Most amber there like rocks, in the jewellery shops most is set in silver (for nicer reflection than from yellowish metals, I guess).

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 Response 11 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 14, 1999 (18:26) * 1 lines
I truly think Amber is set in silver now because it makes it available at a less exhorbitant price. Baltic amber is the finest in the world. I have some tiny pieces including one with something foreign in it, but there is too little of it to tell of what it was a part. Probably grass trimmings from a lawn mower. That is what it looks like!

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 Response 12 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Jul 14, 1999 (18:40) * 2 lines
What I really wish is that you had had this discussion on Precious Stones and Metals. I guess I had better get writing on that topic. I rather thought it would take off on its own...! Alex, come visit Geo, Please!
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/Geo/8

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 Response 13 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (09:23) * 1 lines
my brand new amber and silver bracelet and earrings have pieces of 'something foreign' in them (seeds maybe?) Brandon wanted one with a mosquito in amber but those pieces were HUGE I guess. 

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 14 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (10:47) * 2 lines
If the pieces were not huge, you can bet the prices were. Not only is Amber fashionable now, it is popular amongst the newly Jurassic Park'd peopel who want a piece of the ancient past. Be careful with amber. It is v e r y soft and it will easily be abraided by anything it gets near. Store it wrapped in soft cloth or tissue and when you wear it other than on your ears or around your neck, remove it if you are going to be doing things which would scratch it. Otherwise you soon will not be able to see
the goodies inside.

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 Response 15 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (10:48) * 1 lines
BTW, congratulationd on your new jewelry. I am most envious!

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 Response 16 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (11:00) * 1 lines
and another thing, amber will dry out, so don't wear it on hot days where it would be exposed to the sun. the normal honey color because cloudy and dingy....

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 Response 17 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (11:01) * 1 lines
*ahem* becomes, not because!!

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 Response 18 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (12:45) * 5 lines
ooh!
thank you for the heads-up... I tend to be evil toward my jewelry and wear it non-stop...
Brandon fell in love with the stuff when we were on our little engagement-prehoneymoon vacation so when he was in Denmark he bought me some!

doesit wash up on the beach?

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 19 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (13:26) * 1 lines
Along the Baltic Coast it does, indeed, wash up. Other places such as in the US, it has be be dug up. One way you can wear your bracelet is to push it as far up your arm as it will go then nestle it by rotating it to make it stay up there. I do that with my Heirloom Hawaiian jewellry and it works just fine.

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 Response 20 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (17:08) * 1 lines
if it ever does get scratched... can it be polished?

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 Response 21 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (18:28) * 1 lines
Very easily, but take it to a jeweller who knows what he is doing. Amber is very soft!

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 Response 22 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (19:38) * 1 lines
yup, and don't dip it in those jewelry cleaners either.

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 Response 23 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Jul 15, 1999 (22:06) * 1 lines
or your pearls ivory or coral. In fact anything with organic origins should just be cleaned with mild soap (not detergent) and water.

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 Response 24 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (09:17) * 1 lines
'anything w/ organic origins' --- my diamond?

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 Response 25 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (09:42) * 1 lines
your diamond is fine...ivory, coral, pearl, and amber are created differently--they're porous.

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 Response 26 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (11:34) * 1 lines
I was wondering when that would be asked. When Carbon is pure and in crystalline form it does not down grade into something else. it has rhombic chrystals and is very stable. They fluroesce, so check them under your black light, too.

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 Response 27 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (12:14) * 1 lines
diamonds flouresce? hmmmm.....

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 Response 28 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (13:08) * 1 lines
Some are!..

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 Response 29 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (13:11) * 1 lines
The truly colorless and flawless ones might not but the colors in the rest of them (caused by various elements during their formation) can cause this effect.

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 Response 30 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (16:05) * 2 lines
oh Marcia!
We had a lengthy conversation about just that topic a while back... my side stones flouresce a neon green and the big one is clear... Brandon's mother's ring has a bunch of little stones and they all flouresced different shades of green and blue!

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 31 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (16:17) * 1 lines
Now you know why. It is the result of minute amount which do not alter the optical quality as far as matching them for a setting goes, but is it not interesting how they betray their diversity under fluorescence. That is fascinating, Stacey, thanks for sharing ( and come to Geo and talk about it too!) BTW, Brandon got you a good stone for the center!

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 32 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Jul 16, 1999 (16:22) * 1 lines
Stacey, if you want a truly unique way of identifying your diamonds for insurance purposed, photograph them under fluorescent light. No other stones are likely to be combined the exact way yours are, or Brandon's mother's ring.

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 Response 33 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Jul 17, 1999 (21:27) * 1 lines
what a great idea!!

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 Response 34 of 46: Conf admin (cfadm) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (03:01) * 1 lines
Found. Roque mallets.

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 Response 35 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct  3, 2005 (13:45) * 1 lines
currently mine is alexandrite with a metal meteorite for good measure. I need one with a section polished. Some olivines in it would be a nice touch.

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 36 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct  4, 2005 (23:24) * 1 lines
Ames Doty has tons of rocks, email amesdoty@yahoo.com and ask him about alexandrite.

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 37 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Oct  5, 2005 (21:51) * 1 lines
noooooooooo, then i'll have to take out a few mortgages on the house!

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 Response 38 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Oct  5, 2005 (21:51) * 1 lines
marcia, we should invite him to geo!

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 Response 39 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (09:42) * 4 lines
You should, email me and invite him. He'll come.

mailto://amesdoty@yahoo.com


 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 40 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (18:23) * 1 lines
Thanks ! *But if he is a real geologist he will be horrified at what passes for science in there, I fear* But, I'll be happy to do so. Is there a website to see for him? I need to Google a bit. Thanks, Terry!

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 Response 41 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (20:10) * 1 lines
no, no, no.....he'll probably find some of our "uneducated" theories as valid and have an excuse to apply for a grant....at the very least, he'd have a lot of fun at our expense! i mean, look, he even has his very own spring email addy!!

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 42 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (21:04) * 1 lines
This is true. He even practtices his craft in Spring's home town. I'll give him a call via email and see what happens. Who knows. Maybe he'll get a few new customers !!

 Topic 32 of 69 [collecting]: Wish Lists
 Response 43 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (22:51) * 1 lines
Ames is more of a mystic than a geologist.

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 Response 44 of 46: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct  8, 2005 (14:26) * 1 lines
I noticed. Maybe wolfie could invite him to paraspring?!

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 Response 45 of 46: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Oct  8, 2005 (14:40) * 1 lines
ooooohhhhhh boyyyyyyyy.....

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 Response 46 of 46: Conf admin (cfadm) * Fri, Mar 31, 2006 (19:09) * 1 lines
Ever hear from Ames, Marci?
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