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by OpalSpectrum
Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:30 pm
Forum: Gemstones
Topic: Gemstone Marketing: Ammolite and Andalusite
Replies: 6
Views: 855

Re: Gemstone Marketing: Ammolite and Andalusite

cool info thanks Pink

I agree with Lydia and 8's = blue is rare ...and I saw many with red color although I don't really know to much about this stuff > I like the look a lot but because it's mostly treated I don't like it ;)
by OpalSpectrum
Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Summer trips Austria
Replies: 67
Views: 2745

Re: China and Europe trip

wow 6 floors with gems ! I wish to visit place like that great trip Biggest problem: its Fleabay central, so you need to know your stuff. Anything that can be enhanced will be found there too. Because of that, I did not buy any amber. I really want to try carving some blue stuff, but as there is no...
by OpalSpectrum
Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Summer trips Austria
Replies: 67
Views: 2745

Re: China and Europe trip

wow 6 floors with gems ! I wish to visit place like that
great trip :)
by OpalSpectrum
Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:41 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hello from Toledo, Ohio!
Replies: 18
Views: 3069

Re: Hello from Toledo, Ohio!

it was quite strange experience .. like I said I'm not sure if the berries were the reason for this .. it was allergic like effect I was with my girlfriend Kate ( I can't say my 'wife' because we are not married but we are together very long ) and she had eaten many without any effect and I just tr...
by OpalSpectrum
Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: Modern Coins
Topic: Coin rings.
Replies: 18
Views: 4595

Re: Coin rings.

LoL, I only would serve a 3rd of the time. Be out in 3 months or less. Guess I am going to switch to American coins. They can try to extradite me, lololol. Free airfare. nice work RR with this Canadian 2 dollar coin it's much easier because normally you would have to cut out the hole inside on YT y...
by OpalSpectrum
Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:58 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hello from Toledo, Ohio!
Replies: 18
Views: 3069

Re: Hello from Toledo, Ohio!

Welcome BL :)

I love blueberries but 2 years ago I almost died (no joke) from eating wild 'low-bush' blueberries aka bilberry in the mountains .. not sure what caused the poison because the berries were normal and OK to eat .. but since then I don't eat wild berries :D
by OpalSpectrum
Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:30 pm
Forum: Opal Carvings
Topic: Australian opal competition winners list
Replies: 118
Views: 25021

Re: Australian opal competition

I wanted to join but I'm still unable to cut so I have to give up :(
maybe next year
good luck !
by OpalSpectrum
Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:17 pm
Forum: Metals
Topic: Viking Jewelry
Replies: 7
Views: 824

Re: Viking Jewelry

nice find ..but 1st - how they dated it ? 2nd - the term 'viking' is wrong 3nd - in 900bc there were no vikings I think they made this 'spirals' because solid bar/ingot has no meaning except the richness .. the spiral was very important symbol for many 'tribes' it represent the infinity and immortal...
by OpalSpectrum
Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:50 am
Forum: Minerals
Topic: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
Replies: 267
Views: 14159

Re: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.

wow awesome collection ! I don't even know 70% of this minerals :oops: :D
opal on topaz is really cool - looks like mashroom :D I've never seen combo like that before :roll:
by OpalSpectrum
Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:43 am
Forum: Opal Stories, Myths, & Poetry
Topic: History of Opals
Replies: 3
Views: 1017

Re: History of Opals

Quick Info about Precious Opal and history of mining Opal is known to man for thousand of years - how long we don't know - but from the beginning it was the most beautiful and precious gemstone.. until this day we don't know how exactly opals were created and we can't make real opal in lab the olde...