jet
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since April 2017
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Post by jet on Apr 11, 2017 14:11:35 GMT -5
Welcome jet , you have an auspicious beginning. Fire agate is the very best and can evoke more cuss words than almost any other stone! Funny you should say that.... we had our Gem and Mineral show this last weekend and I picked up some boulder opal. And after much dithering on my part, a couple of pieces of Ethiopian Opal (DB Opals out of Minnesota..I think...). He said THAT was pretty much guaranteed to make me turn the air blue with cuss words. Challenge accepted.
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jet
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since April 2017
Posts: 103
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Post by jet on Apr 11, 2017 12:17:34 GMT -5
I've been stalking this forum for a bit and figured it was high time to join and introduce myself.
I've been collecting rocks since I was a wee one, but really had no idea what to actually do with them once I got my hands on them. I thought I was stuck just looking at them until I could afford thousands of dollars worth of equipment. Last year, we discovered our local lapidary club and haven't looked back since then. My favorites so far are cabbing agates and jasper, though I do have a parcel of fire agate on the way so I'll get to try my hand at some carving once I do enough research.
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