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I moved the forums up (PinkDiamond request) to just below the Meteorites forum and I added a new general forum for chatting between myself and any members. The sub-forums are "Q&A Chat" and "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's). This I feel might be a nice way to get some interactio...

Pink: I had to wait because I had to change the headers and footers on my data, so it would reference my lab and be free of the old World Gem Society. All postings are my documents, but at the time I was managing the WGS and had some references to that. All is well now. Let me look into moving the f...

Hi: I will start posting this week in the new forums that were mentioned previously in this post, so I have also changed my email address for the forum to easternpagems@comcast.net and this email address will be available for all members of the forum to chat offline from the forum or to ask question...

Hi everyone: You may not know that previously to my involvement with the forum I was the administrator and owner of the World Gem Society website, which was devoted to providing a library/repository of gemology and jewelry appraisal data and information for use by students, graduate gemologists, jew...

Hi Everyone: If you don't know me, I am Bonnie Betz a Registered Gemologist and Appraiser who has gotten involved with opalholicsanonymous because Pink Diamond asked me to assist with some admin work last year. Previous to my gemology career I was a Design and Systems Engineer in the IT industry for...

Hi: Not sure about the SMTP server, but the way the email is working now is a little cleaner as it is using the email program locally to opalholicsanonymous.com rather than going through a network protocol process and having to connect via a network server. Originally, when I worked on the problem b...

Just checking in and letting everyone know I am working on a problem with notifications again, but definitely different than before. I will be limited in what I can do as I will be tied up after today....Bonnie

Hi: I am so sorry to hear of the "stone walling" by people working for so-called higher institutions of learning. They should be ecstatic over what you have, such a shame. I still would reach out to the lady in Australia as fossils and opals seem to be something they are proud of having. J...

Hi: This is sort of out of my league, but I did hear that one of the foremost leading paleontologists around is Jenni Brammall at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales Australia. I believe she is at the University of New South Wales and is the leading expert on fossilized opal. Other than that in my area...

The Mid-Atlantic Gemological Laboratory is at the service of members of this forum. You can email me or visit the website at http://www.easternpa-gemologist-appraisals.com You can also contact me through the World Gem Society at http://www.worldgemsociety.org and look under the About Us area and fin...