Hello Elin!
You are welcome here. I look forward to seeing photos of your opals, even if opals are not my own specialty.
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- Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:25 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello from Sweden
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2457
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:44 am
- Forum: Diamonds
- Topic: Gender (Dis)parity in the Diamond World
- Replies: 1
- Views: 191
Re: Gender (Dis)parity in the Diamond World
Guys are going to continue to wear what appeals to women (and vice versa). Same drab styles for dressy wear, not much changed for the past century. We men are basically timid conformists - few are going to risk ridicule of other males, let alone other females, unless they have strong backing (or eve...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:59 pm
- Forum: Minerals
- Topic: Get Into Mineral Collecting With This New Subscription Service
- Replies: 2
- Views: 581
Re: Get Into Mineral Collecting With This New Subscription Service
I suspect that there is indeed a market for this. Even were the prices lower, I'd rather go to rock and gem shows and pick out my own specimens at several times less the cost. I have spent much more on specimens, but the current offerings are all fairly common, if pretty, mineral types. Still, I thi...
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:11 am
- Forum: Beginners Area
- Topic: Natural Glasses from SciShow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 764
Re: Natural Glasses from SciShow
Interesting. There are quite a few other natural amorphous materials/glasses out there: ⋅ amorphous shear banding in earthquake faults and similar stress points ⋅ bituminous rocks ⋅ amorphous graphite ⋅ pyroclastic glass such as Echo Mt. stone from northern Ca...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:40 pm
- Forum: Critter Corner
- Topic: Here kitty kitty...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 211
Re: Here kitty kitty...
Wow. Yes, keep an eye on your pets. Without the easier prey, hopefully they'll turn to gobbling up any rodents that are around and then move on. They have large territories (anywhere from 6 square miles up to 10 times that for adult males).
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:33 pm
- Forum: Diamonds
- Topic: Harry Winston Open to Offers on ‘The Pink Legacy’
- Replies: 3
- Views: 195
Re: Harry Winston Open to Offers on ‘The Pink Legacy’
I'm surprised they're going to sell this one, but since they are I have to post it for you in case anyone would like to buy it for me. And here I'd just blown my last $51 million of mad money on a handful of magic beans. Sure enough, they grew, but when I climbed up to grab the goose at the top, tu...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:15 pm
- Forum: Latest News
- Topic: Art Deco Dominates the High Jewelry Season
- Replies: 2
- Views: 111
Re: Art Deco Dominates the High Jewelry Season
I agree. The old stuff was spectacular, and these are also great pieces. That ring/pendant piece particularly caught my eye.
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Minerals
- Topic: GEOLOGY 101: Columnar Basalt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 410
Re: GEOLOGY 101: Columnar Basalt
Nick's videos are always interesting! Lots of columnar basalt around here (the eastern half of Oregon and Washington was buried under layers of basalt up to a mile thick. Some on private land have been mining columns for use in landscaping, etc. The stuff is heavy, so retrieving and transport cost m...
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: humour
- Replies: 1599
- Views: 125109
Re: humour
Soooo, the ark was built near a Costco? Laughed at that and the questionnaire at the end.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Happy Hannukah
- Replies: 1
- Views: 194
Re: Happy Hannukah
צ'ג אורים סמח (Chag urim sameach - "happy lights holiday")