docharber
has rocks in the head
Member since October 2008
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Post by docharber on Oct 9, 2008 0:18:26 GMT -5
Hi all- I'm new to the board and am interested in talking to other members in or near north Florida/the panhandle. I have been a repressed rockhoubnd and amateur gemologist since I was a kid but have only recently indulged myself in lapidary work. I am interested in learning about all aspects of the art and welcome any eMails to me at Docharber@cox.net. i'll look forward to hearing from other members!!
mark Harber (Docharber)
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Post by sitnwrap on Oct 9, 2008 13:49:11 GMT -5
Hi Mark and welcome to RTH. The best way to get to know these great members is to hop right into a thread or start your own thread in a catagory and add pics. Everyone loves pics.
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Slydog
has rocks in the head
Member since February 2006
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Post by Slydog on Oct 10, 2008 19:32:52 GMT -5
Welcome to RTH, Mark. What lapidary work do you do? And yes, we all love pics! Nona
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Post by johnjsgems on Oct 10, 2008 23:18:39 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum. It is a great source for information.
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Post by Noosh9057 on Oct 11, 2008 9:45:08 GMT -5
Welcome to the site.
Roger
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rockwizz
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since May 2007
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Post by rockwizz on Oct 15, 2008 23:46:13 GMT -5
Hey Mark...welcome onboard!! I'm from South Florida, but moved to Utah to be closer to where the good stuff is ;D ;D
I actually came to Utah back in '91 for schooling at BYU...and decided to stay, since I never was able to find much down in Florida.
Hey if you are interested, let me know...I have alot of rocks for this part of the wood, and would be glad to trade you for some stuff from your parts.
Ozzy
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docharber
has rocks in the head
Member since October 2008
Posts: 693
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Post by docharber on Oct 18, 2008 0:29:38 GMT -5
Hello again to all, especially Nona and Ozzy- thanks for the enthusiastic welcome. I really love the site! Nona, I specialize in exotic and costly stone dust- I am a novice cutter but in time I plan to branch into metal work and jewellry crafting. Hopefully, the whole family will get the bug. I have my tumblers, of course, and I'm always looking for a deal on rough. I have a Graves Mark IV with lots of accessories gifted to me by a friend in San Antonio who is retired now, but made his living selling gems on the wholesale market and on consignment. He is a very skilled cutter. I also have two tumblers I have bought since and I'm still getting my workshop together. I have a trim saw I bought used and I need a small slab saw to complete the setup. I'm afraid Ozzy is dead right about the paucitty of interesting tumbling /gem material in Florida- but there is a wealth of fossils. There's ven a fossil hunter's club in Tampa. I'm in the Panhandle and plan to do some hunting in local river beds when the weather cools off- until then, the snakes, mosquitos, snapping turtles and gators rule. You can find fossilized coral, shellfisk, mastodon teeth, sabre-tooth tiger bones, camel teeth and bones, turtle shells, marine animal remains (sand dollars, urchins, clam shells) and other specimens, but not any actual gem material. Oh to be back in North Carolina! Mark H.
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Slydog
has rocks in the head
Member since February 2006
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Post by Slydog on Oct 19, 2008 20:46:52 GMT -5
Ohhhh, Mark, you have all the 'good' stuff, way cool. So get crackin' and make something for us to admire!!! hah!! We do love pics tho. Really--post when you get a project done. As far as the local river beds go--here's my advice: leave the animals alone! I guarantee the rocks or fossils can wait...... Nona
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