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- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:43 pm
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: Making a ring from crushed Opal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1908
Re: Making a ring from crushed Opal
oh wow! Did you save any?
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:10 am
- Forum: Jewelry Making
- Topic: Making a ring from crushed Opal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1908
Re: Making a ring from crushed Opal
Beautiful!
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Opalholic farewell: RIP jakesrocks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 278
Re: Opalholic farewell: RIP jakesrocks
Oh gosh darn it. I'm so very sorry. He was a good bloke. I've been pretty sick the last few weeks so I haven't been posting much but I have been reading a bit here and there.
- Mon Dec 25, 2017 2:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidaze
- Replies: 5
- Views: 471
Re: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidaze
Merry Christmas! I'm horribly sick right now with congestion and a bad ear infection. It's been a rough year. I think the surgeries have played a toll on my immune system. But hey! Ear infection... nothing like being a kid again at Christmas, eh? hehehe Sick or not, and even though I was able to fin...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 4:47 am
- Forum: Enthusiast Zone
- Topic: New CIBJO Blue Book guide for Opal by Cody
- Replies: 6
- Views: 966
Re: New CIBJO Blue Book guide for Opal by Cody
IMHO if you don't want to appraise a piece then just say you charge $ for appraisals. But saying it's worth whatever you sell it for devalues the gemstone. Yes, I know it's common practice but I feel it creates a negative impact on the opal business. 1) Yes, prices do matter to collectors. People wi...
- Thu Dec 07, 2017 4:18 am
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: Update: Bad Idea: Designer Marla Aaron Installs Jewelry Vending Machine in Brooklyn
- Replies: 8
- Views: 599
Re: Designer Marla Aaron Installs Jewelry Vending Machine in Brooklyn
Yuck. NOT my style at all.
- Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:08 am
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: We’re Fighting Over Holiday Product Catalogs at My House
- Replies: 2
- Views: 268
Re: We’re Fighting Over Holiday Product Catalogs at My House
Hate them. They clutter up my house and fill my trash can.
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:34 pm
- Forum: Cutting Opal
- Topic: pretty lil gem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1155
Re: pretty lil gem
It's small. It Aussie but I'm going to guess it's Coober based upon the batch but I don't really know. There are a few larger pieces with mild broad flash throughout the bulk of the piece. I think those will make good carvings.
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:01 am
- Forum: Cutting Opal
- Topic: pretty lil gem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1155
pretty lil gem
In a pile of low grade opal I found this lil beauty! It'll be small but I should be able to cut a nice gem from this.
- Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:55 pm
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: The term semi-precious should be discontinued.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 364