And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I was wondering... Wiki Rose quartz is generally an affordable, semi-precious gemstone due to its abundance, with common varieties ranging from $1 to $14 per carat for raw or commercial-grade material.
A DOLLAR a CARAT? That's 5 bucks a gram! Go to any faceter's show. Rose quartz, clear quartz, amethyst, probably citrine (yellow amethyst) all for a few bucks a pound...454 grams....and yes, that's "commercial grade" stuff, because no faceter is going to buy junk that can't be cut into a gem. Yeah, the fleabay, etsy, and other sites are trying to get these prices (and maybe they do) but any gemcutters' swap meet will get you a bucketful. It's given away as door prizes....
That stuff is the hardest gemstone to cut, tough as woodpecker lips, wears out saw blades and belts like nothing else, but it shines up to perfection, makes very nice jewelry stones.
Hmmmmm... suddenly have a craving for smoked HAM?
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Rose quartz is generally an affordable, semi-precious gemstone due to its abundance, with common varieties ranging from $1 to $14 per carat for raw or commercial-grade material.
Went on a walk through Petrified Forest. Was too hot to stay very long, but quite interesting.
ReplyDeleteA DOLLAR a CARAT? That's 5 bucks a gram! Go to any faceter's show. Rose quartz, clear quartz, amethyst, probably citrine (yellow amethyst) all for a few bucks a pound...454 grams....and yes, that's "commercial grade" stuff, because no faceter is going to buy junk that can't be cut into a gem. Yeah, the fleabay, etsy, and other sites are trying to get these prices (and maybe they do) but any gemcutters' swap meet will get you a bucketful. It's given away as door prizes....
ReplyDeleteThat stuff is the hardest gemstone to cut, tough as woodpecker lips, wears out saw blades and belts like nothing else, but it shines up to perfection, makes very nice jewelry stones.
ReplyDeletePetrified wood.
ReplyDeleteWent to the NP.
There was more petrified wood in Holbrook than the Nat. Park.
They were using pieces of it for curb stops.
I have my grandfather's books from the '60s. People were cutting slabs to make coffee tables and end tables from petrified wood.
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The town near the NP has an amazing museum/gift shop to stroll through
ReplyDeleteSend it back to the kitchen, please. I said Medium Well.
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