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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: Talking Ancient Cameos: What Ancient Greek Sounded Like
- Replies: 2
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Re: Talking Ancient Cameos: What Ancient Greek Sounded Like
I had to take Latin at military academy and got a B. It did help learning the Italian for a summers vacation, but i weaseled out of 2 years of language on the way to my BA later. Never could roll my Rs. Then again in my testing I was a grade higher in everything than at public school. I was the assi...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Enthusiast Zone
- Topic: Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification Pathways
- Replies: 0
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Late Tertiary Petrified Wood from Nevada, USA: Evidence of Multiple Silicification Pathways
I was happy to provide materials for his research. The folks who mine here talked to him and provided additional specimens for more research. Abstract Late Tertiary fossil woods from the state of Nevada provide an opportunity for observing the mineralization sequences that cause buried wood to becom...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Enthusiast Zone
- Topic: Lightning Ridge Opal Monopoly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 112
Re: Lightning Ridge Opal Monopoly
It does help them. Thanks. I wish all these folks would realize blowing their own horns helps. Depending on others to think up where to advertise is kinda backwards. You would think they would think to make an account on all related sites, like here, but that is the "us only" Facebook appr...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Enthusiast Zone
- Topic: 7.09 ct. Tanzanian Opal (+ 0.45 ct. Pallasite Peridot)
- Replies: 2
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Re: 7.09 ct. Tanzanian Opal (+ 0.45 ct. Pallasite Peridot)
I had a lizard carved of Tanzanian Opal I got one year> may still have it in the better minerals case? Wasnt that much.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: Diamonds
- Topic: This 6.2 Ct. Pink Diamond Could Achieve $15 Million at Auction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 47
Re: This 6.2 Ct. Pink Diamond Could Achieve $15 Million at Auction
l'll fight over the ground the big ones come out of....fewer witnesses. I will say it could get you shot like some discoverers got.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: Enthusiast Zone
- Topic: Lightning Ridge Opal Monopoly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 112
Re: Lightning Ridge Opal Monopoly
It only takes 64 pieces to make a Mandala set and you can get tumbled opals cheap to use as they come with a little selecting for size and shape. Cant have it easy to count the pieces now. i was trying to remember the name of the other one i got later: The Cattleman that was a lot like life. https:/...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: Cutting Opal
- Topic: Faking Asterism - GIA
- Replies: 0
- Views: 60
Faking Asterism - GIA
This topic came up in another thread on another platform and I figured it was worth sharing here too. You can fake that with a sanding job. A triplet gives it more surfaces to work with. "Although no one has come forward to say exactly how this process is being done, the appearance of the stone...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:26 pm
- Forum: Enthusiast Zone
- Topic: Lightning Ridge Opal Monopoly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 112
Re: Lightning Ridge Opal Monopoly
I learned my lessons playing Rich Uncle & I still have it.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: Metals
- Topic: Citibank Sees Gold Hitting $3,000 an Ounce
- Replies: 1
- Views: 56
Re: Citibank Sees Gold Hitting $3,000 an Ounce
Demand will always be strong for gold because nobody can print more.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: The Newest Potentially Trendy App Is AirChat
- Replies: 1
- Views: 38
Re: The Newest Potentially Trendy App Is AirChat
They need to free us from having to buy a service to use our phones they made us buy. They can work fine as a radio.