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- Fri May 10, 2024 4:23 am
- Forum: Opal Stories, Myths, & Poetry
- Topic: Washington's Forgotten Opal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16
Re: Washington's Forgotten Opal
Yes. Well aware of it. The Family Rainbow Peacock Mine in the Black Rock Desert by the Hog ranch had opal in basalt too. They closed. Private property in the area, but not the cliffs. The other precious is up high on Hart Mtn and the sides of the Columbia river. The decomposed layer needed ash on to...
- Wed May 08, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: Weather and space phenomenon
- Topic: Pink skies just for me???!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 880
Re: Pink skies just for me???!
Thats real unusual even in the land of Alpen glow I get everyday. Neat on your skies color. I wonder what exactly did it. Pink Skies for EVERYONE this weekend if the Earths magnetic field is really falling off. Well auroras likely. These X flares today and the filament lifting CME that happened shou...
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:14 pm
- Forum: Gemstones
- Topic: Driehaus Chicago Exhibition: Jewelry in Perspective – Historic & Rarely Seen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 40
Re: Driehaus Chicago Exhibition: Jewelry in Perspective – Historic & Rarely Seen
I do like that opal DESPITE THE CRAZING they pretend Nevada is the only opal with that property. There are more than one boomerangs, rabbit sticks & toys around my house & on my walls. You dont even want to take a plywood hunting stick across the shins. I can't count the Whammo pieces of pla...
- Sun May 05, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Mining
- Topic: Mining bills fail to pass house setting America up for industrial disaster
- Replies: 0
- Views: 67
Mining bills fail to pass house setting America up for industrial disaster
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada’s lone congressional Republican suffered a blow this week after six members of his own party joined Democrats to block a bill he authored to address a court ruling adopting a stricter interpretation of the 150-year-old General Mining Law. Mining developers lo...
- Sat May 04, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Mining
- Topic: Reddit Tales
- Replies: 0
- Views: 30
Reddit Tales
It's a dark and stormy day today with snow to the mtns forecast, but it was not raining. The loads paid for themselves yesterday from what I consider opal from the source is worth. I cant say I did great in the tailings as my bad legs/knees shot for a decade are sure slowing me down. I did find a he...
- Sat May 04, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Consumer Info
- Topic: Virgin Valley Precious Opals sales website
- Replies: 0
- Views: 72
Virgin Valley Precious Opals sales website
https://virginvalleypreciousopals.com/ Hiya. Im just leaving this here so you have to go browse the website. I love opal in wood and the Bonanza Mine has some big ones. There are shareholders that do our opal for seeing what can be done. It is a gem that needs sold. They call rubs pre-polished, we k...
- Sat May 04, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Critter Corner
- Topic: The Parrots on the Phone.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 23
The Parrots on the Phone.
What happened when scientists taught parrots to video chat? https://www.popsci.com/environment/parrots-facebook-messenger/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/05/02/parrots-talking.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=1366 Parrots prefer calling real birds over pr...
- Sat May 04, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: Cartier Honors $13,000 Online Price Mistake
- Replies: 3
- Views: 49
Re: Cartier Honors $13,000 Online Price Mistake
Oh no worries. Im just being snarky. I always use the image links from the sites so the image is fetched each time for hits for them. The convict has taught me a lot about copyright law enforcement. The evil ones do it as a way of life to protect themselves from the evil ones out to sell the info. N...
- Sat May 04, 2024 2:29 am
- Forum: Metals
- Topic: Antarctic volcano emits $6,000 worth of gold daily
- Replies: 3
- Views: 48
Re: Antarctic volcano emits $6,000 worth of gold daily
Of course not. Cant even think where they are stashed off hand . I also did not get a pic of the cutest little hemlock cone i found today then traded to the mine. Not precious but not even 1/2 " long. white potch.
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:53 am
- Forum: Metals
- Topic: Antarctic volcano emits $6,000 worth of gold daily
- Replies: 3
- Views: 48
Re: Antarctic volcano emits $6,000 worth of gold daily
An Erebus crystal is a crystal of anorthoclase (a type of feldspar) found in the immediate area surrounding Mount Erebus near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Th formation of these crystals is not understood, it is evident that the crystals grow in the magma beneath Mount Erebus and are ejected out of t...