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I think by all the responces, we r all aware of the coming storm & the cradle to grave, we know better than you, how to tell you what is good for you & so on. Im told & a little of what I see there is an awareness blooming & the machine is loosing a little steam. Right now we just ha...

To all who r concerned about ur security, as was said in a movie in 79, "In space, nobody can hear u scream!" here in the US, nobody listens to the screamers as we are becoming less secure & more controlled. On a program heard on last weekend radio, there was discussion on tracking peo...

I just talked with one of my appraisers about the treating of spinel, he told only the red color was not being treated in any way, all the other colors are being 'altered' in some way or the other, per him. From what I get from news on this stuff is the bad guys are dealing with ALL spinel to see wh...

gk, ur jumping the gun a little, the puzzle top to bottom will measure 43" & the left to right measure will be 66" across, the edges will be smooth & about 25% larger, so we are not quite done yet, but stay tuned, same channel & programe, please stay tuned-stevie...

So far the only issues have been the wife putting the pieces together & me moving the puzzle to a room from the kitty, miss curious. No missing pieces so far but the puzzle is being glued in sections then let dry, then adding more completed sections & final dry time, this thing will be 3.5ft...

This is the latest pics of the puzzle being in completion mode, measures 43" across, just starting the assemble process, very time consuming but slow does work, started in feb 2015.

I was given the ok to post these pics of what im being told is pretty good examples of natural alexandrite, the pics show in daylight, white light, candle light & UV light in a dark room for the best effect. The stones are all natural & do show well.-steve... alex aligned feb 2015 A+ dayligh...

Kkhk, Im in the same boat pretty much, this is why i spend the time i do to verify the stones i have/present to the forum i feel are what im saying they are & why the prices are high & not going down any time soon-steve...

Synthetic opals-where to start, Im a mall rat, love to look,shop whatever & every store in the mall here in Md. at my domicile is showing artificial opal. All the big box stores as JCP, & the like show nothing but. As they are retailers they will & do offer to buy any material one can fi...

Kkhk, I have 3 examples of very good opals, 1st one i own, certed australian ridge crystal opal, rated fine to ex-fine, rated 3 yrs ago about $33,000.00 in 18kt gold setting, 14.25cts. 2nd is a mexican fire opal, i just bought, rated VVS, 4.54cts, round cut, diamond cut, 14 x 7mm in size, mounted in...