In a message dated 4/26/2002 5:24:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Robinosborne90@cs.com writes: > Fire Opal is my fav and birth stone as well. Soft stone though I lost my > favorite when it somehow crack. Fire opals keep their fire because of moisture in the stone, if they dry they lose the fire, and crack. Mineral; oil baths help keep the moisture in. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

Yup. That's it. I was there before the state took it over. Hot day, hard sun-baked clay soil, no shade where you could find anything. Miserable. I found nothing. Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shuler Michael" <grinch42@mindspring.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry > Crater of Diamonds State Park, just south south-east of Murfreesboro, Pike > Co, AR > > Mike > IBSSG > > > > [Original Message] > > From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> > > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: 4/26/2002 3:41:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry > > > > There is a place in Arkansas where you pay a small fee and pan for > diamonds. I can't think of the name of the place. But my mother went there > once to strike it rich. I have a jar full of the 'diamonds' she found. I > tell Kade it is her grandmother's diamond strike !! I have no idea if they > are worth anything or not, but probably aren't. Knowing mother, if they > were worth anything she would have cashed them in years ago. > > > > Jack Childers in OKC > > > > PS, I think the name of the place in Arkansas is Murphysville. > > > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > Unsubscribe from the list: > > > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub > scribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > --- Shuler Michael > --- grinch42@mindspring.com > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Crater of Diamonds State Park, just south south-east of Murfreesboro, Pike Co, AR Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/26/2002 3:41:46 PM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry > > There is a place in Arkansas where you pay a small fee and pan for diamonds. I can't think of the name of the place. But my mother went there once to strike it rich. I have a jar full of the 'diamonds' she found. I tell Kade it is her grandmother's diamond strike !! I have no idea if they are worth anything or not, but probably aren't. Knowing mother, if they were worth anything she would have cashed them in years ago. > > Jack Childers in OKC > > PS, I think the name of the place in Arkansas is Murphysville. > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

There is a place in Arkansas where you pay a small fee and pan for diamonds. I can't think of the name of the place. But my mother went there once to strike it rich. I have a jar full of the 'diamonds' she found. I tell Kade it is her grandmother's diamond strike !! I have no idea if they are worth anything or not, but probably aren't. Knowing mother, if they were worth anything she would have cashed them in years ago. Jack Childers in OKC PS, I think the name of the place in Arkansas is Murphysville.

We had the award ceremony today for David. He was given the Youth Volunteer of The Year Award today. The committee met at his high school, along with TV and newspaper coverage. After we were all gathered they sent for him from one of his classes and he walked into the high school office to face a huge crowd of people and bright lights. He got a plaque, a balloon bouquet and a bouquet of flowers, a Volunteer Of America T-Shirt and the Food Pantry, where he volunteers, got a thousand dollar check. Then we all trooped over to the Food Pantry, which just sits across the street from David's school, and they shot more film of David doing some of his work. The TV coverage will be on OKC News Channel 9 at 5:00 pm tonight, and the newspaper article will be in the Daily Oklahoman tomorrow morning. If you watch closely you will see me hovering around here and there, I am wearing black slacks with a black and grey stripped long sleeved dress shirt, beautiful bald head !!! Jack Childers in OKC International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" Jaxone1234@msn.com

Jan and Sheepers, I've hunted for minerals and gems in lots of places - shores of Superior for agates, mountains in Maine for lots of things, western North Carolina for rubies and sapphires. Now THAT was the best. I filled a quart fruit jar with the corundum crystals, and many were gem quality. If you get a chance to go there, GO THERE! Watch where you step. That's rattlesnake country. Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <workman@dreamscape.com>; <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry > > Hi Sharon > > Do you mean going 'rock hounding' for gem material? Yes, it's neat to find > gem material but more uncommon. We're more into hunting mineral specimens, > not necessarily for faceting material. It's lots of fun. Gets us out in the > wild places, in to nature and away from the city. We also bring at least one > camera and take lots of photos. > > I knew about the alexandrites many years ago, but I started learning more > about the others during the past 6 years since I got married. It's an > interest that my husband and I have in common, and we've had a lot fun with > it. I've collected many mineral specimens and sell them on line now. I've > also collected some faceted stones, but I'm generally only interested in the > rarest ones, like alexandrite, benitoite, anything that color changes, which > includes garnets and sapphires (which, by the way, come in just about every > color of the rainbow, of which rubies are the red or pink variety), and just > odd things such as kornerupine, which is one color in one direction and > another color in another direction (bi-chroic). Iolite is like that too. > Anyway, what I know is just a drop in the bucket compared to what I have yet > to learn. <g> And finding some good stuff in person is a big thrill, just as > you say. I'm always interested in a good adventure. I do have to keep an eye > on my husband when we're in the back country. He takes more chances than I > do. <G> > > Jan G. >

Gary, Jan's idea is better than mine (she's often closer to the mark than I), however, I do remember that some of the wagon trains were sponsored & led by the Wells Fargo Co. That organization still exists, it's now strictly a bank, but they might still have some records from the "old days". Certainly wouldn't be a big investment to find out! Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> > To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/26/2002 1:46:13 PM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] People Moving Around > > > Gary, it seems like there should have been records of the Army supplies > going to Custer. But, you'd have to find out which fort they were coming > from. And then it a question of whether the records still exist. I'd look > around for some army forts in CO--still existing as historical parks or > whatever and ask around about records for the old forts in CO, presently > existing or not, to see where you'd look for the records. Also, if you > relative was actually in the army, not a civilian who worked from time to > time for them, there should be a military record of his service and that > might be the best source of info. It won't give info about specific events, > like the wagon train, but you'll know a lot more about his military service, > where and when, whether he qualified for a pension by finding out if or > which war he served in, etc. > > Jan G. > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Gary Wilson" <gwinco@charter.net> > Reply-To: "Gary Wilson" <gwinco@charter.net> > To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BS-L] People Moving Around > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:55:49 -0600 > > People on the move is why I am having trouble finding my ggggrandfather John > S Wilson. My grandfather wrote down what he was told from his dad and this > is how it goes. > John Wilson b 1847, Orange, MI, left home in 1870 and went to St. Joe, > Missouri. He was hired on and worked for a wagon train that went to the > Meeker and Craig area of CO. Anybody know where to find wagon train records? > From there he went to the army and hauled freight for the Army. As the story > goes he was supposed to met General Custer with supplies, they waited 2 > days, but Custer never showed. That was in 1876. I have exchanged e-mails > with another person who's ggranfather was freighting for the army and tells > the very same story about waiting for Custer. Sounds like they were on the > same wagon. > Next he ended up in California. 5000 head of sheep. He was supposed to > have all the grazing rights from the Union Pacific Railroad from Mt. Shasta > to Redding Ca. for a couple of years. he then drove 3000 head to Montana, > where he sold them for $5.00 a head. > In the 1880 MT census, which is the first time I can find him, his > occupation is a rancher. He then got married in 1882 in Melrose, MT to > Carrie May HARDESTY. > Then they moved to CO. They stopped in Glenwood Springs, CO for the winter > and so she could give birth to my gggrandfather, Charles WILSON. I cannot > imagine my wife being pregnant and going from MT to CO in a wagon nor would > I want to. Tough people. > They homesteaded in McElmo Canyon in the southwest corner of CO in 1885. He > passed away in 1920. > I think a lot of people have the itchy foot syndrome. Always wanting to see > whats just over that hill. > Gary Wilson > IBSSG > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > --- > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by > each individual submitter. > > To Unsubscribe: Visit the following website and use the QUIT List or Quit > Digest Buttons > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ > Contact Jeff Scism, ScismGenie@aol.com for list problems > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > --- > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by each individual submitter. > > Visit the Black Sheep Home page, http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ > BEST OF THE WEB-Bronze Award for 1998, > Gail's Genealogy Wonderland SITE of the YEAR (1998) > Proudly Hosted by Rootsweb, and a supporter of Rootsweb through "good will" and funds. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

We live near some tourmaline mines, which also have kunzite, aquamarine and garnets, and there's some creek beds in N. CA with benitoite. It's getting a lot tougher to find places to rock hound. The feds are making more and more places off-limits. It's rattlesnake country around here, too, 5 or 6 kinds. lol We tend to do this stuff in the winter, when the snakes are sleeping and it's cooler to be out in the sun for a few hours. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> Reply-To: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:31:05 -0400 Jan and Sheepers, I've hunted for minerals and gems in lots of places - shores of Superior for agates, mountains in Maine for lots of things, western North Carolina for rubies and sapphires. Now THAT was the best. I filled a quart fruit jar with the corundum crystals, and many were gem quality. If you get a chance to go there, GO THERE! Watch where you step. That's rattlesnake country. Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <workman@dreamscape.com>; <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry > > Hi Sharon > > Do you mean going 'rock hounding' for gem material? Yes, it's neat to find > gem material but more uncommon. We're more into hunting mineral specimens, > not necessarily for faceting material. It's lots of fun. Gets us out in the > wild places, in to nature and away from the city. We also bring at least one > camera and take lots of photos. > > I knew about the alexandrites many years ago, but I started learning more > about the others during the past 6 years since I got married. It's an > interest that my husband and I have in common, and we've had a lot fun with > it. I've collected many mineral specimens and sell them on line now. I've > also collected some faceted stones, but I'm generally only interested in the > rarest ones, like alexandrite, benitoite, anything that color changes, which > includes garnets and sapphires (which, by the way, come in just about every > color of the rainbow, of which rubies are the red or pink variety), and just > odd things such as kornerupine, which is one color in one direction and > another color in another direction (bi-chroic). Iolite is like that too. > Anyway, what I know is just a drop in the bucket compared to what I have yet > to learn. <g> And finding some good stuff in person is a big thrill, just as > you say. I'm always interested in a good adventure. I do have to keep an eye > on my husband when we're in the back country. He takes more chances than I > do. <G> > > Jan G. > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

rofl That sounds great, Doris! What happens if no one survives... er.. I mean, wins? Does the prize roll over to the next game? lol jan g ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Doris" <ginlu@charter.net> Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BSChat] Fw: Texas survivors Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 07:02:01 -0400 This sounds like a real plan to me..... Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! IBSSG Subject: Survivor, Texas Style Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do its own, entitled Survivor, Texas Style. The contestants will start in Dallas, travel to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston, and down to Brownsville. They will then proceed up to Del Rio, on to El Paso, then to Midland, Odessa, Lubbock, and Amarillo. From there, they'll proceed to Abilene, Ft. Worth and finally back to Dallas. Each will be driving a pink Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads, "I'm gay, I'm a vegetarian, I voted for Al Gore, and I'm here to confiscate your guns!" The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins! ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Mike's idea is good, but some opals just crack, some crumble over time. The fiery nature of opal is caused by water (not drops, just very small bits of H2O), inside the rock, and the 'rock' part is silica. The presence of water prevents the silica from actually forming crystals, which would make the rock tougher. If the water content is too small (6-8% is good, less is not)the opal probably won't last long term. As the water goes away, shrinkage cracks appear, and can eventually cause it to fall apart. It's a pretty delicate stone and I wouldn't wear it while cleaning house or even washing dishes. Opals can be stabilized, but I'm not familiar with the process. May be just a coat of epoxy is used. Your best bet is to talk to a jeweler about it. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Shuler Michael" <grinch42@mindspring.com> Reply-To: grinch42@mindspring.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 9:7:20 -0500 Robin, for any jewelry containing opals, one should take a cotton swab moistened with cooking oil or baby oil about every six months & swab the surface. This will prevent the opals from cracking almost indefinitely (except if it's a ring that you keep on while washing your hands and have an obsessive-compulsive disorder). Tty it...it works. Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: <Robinosborne90@cs.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/26/2002 7:18:44 AM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > In a message dated 4/26/02 12:03:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > jcurtis@redrock.net writes: > > I guess if I have a favorite ring...it's my Fire Opal. It's about 1 inch > > square, with 7 Opals, and little squares of Gold around the Opals. I have > > a > > 3 carat diamond solitaire, and a 4 carat (Emerald cut) surrounded with chip > > diamonds. > > > Fire Opal is my fav and birth stone as well. Soft stone though I lost my > favorite when it somehow crack. Had it re-cut into earrings though. > I have some beautiful jewels too, but it is funny they don't mean what they > used too, I rarely wear my jewelry now either. > When I was in my twenties and thirties had to wear everything. > But my most fav is pearls. I think they are so lovely and have a lot of > them, > no rings, just stands and bracelets. > My daughter could give a hoot now. Maybe later she will enjoy my jewelry. > Just lost of someone took my diamond earrings. I was careless and took > them out and left them out sitting. > Haven't had that happen in over twenty years. I can't stand it when you > can't trust kids or people coming in your home. > Just moved so that won't be happening again. > Robin > TLC IBSSG > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Hi Sharon Do you mean going 'rock hounding' for gem material? Yes, it's neat to find gem material but more uncommon. We're more into hunting mineral specimens, not necessarily for faceting material. It's lots of fun. Gets us out in the wild places, in to nature and away from the city. We also bring at least one camera and take lots of photos. I knew about the alexandrites many years ago, but I started learning more about the others during the past 6 years since I got married. It's an interest that my husband and I have in common, and we've had a lot fun with it. I've collected many mineral specimens and sell them on line now. I've also collected some faceted stones, but I'm generally only interested in the rarest ones, like alexandrite, benitoite, anything that color changes, which includes garnets and sapphires (which, by the way, come in just about every color of the rainbow, of which rubies are the red or pink variety), and just odd things such as kornerupine, which is one color in one direction and another color in another direction (bi-chroic). Iolite is like that too. Anyway, what I know is just a drop in the bucket compared to what I have yet to learn. <g> And finding some good stuff in person is a big thrill, just as you say. I'm always interested in a good adventure. I do have to keep an eye on my husband when we're in the back country. He takes more chances than I do. <G> Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> Reply-To: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:40:54 -0400 Hi Sheepers! Jan, I am impressed with your knowledge of colored stones (diamonds too, probably) and wonder how or why you bothered to learn about it. I took courses from GIA long ago, but my first love is really gem hunting. Have you ever done that? Anyone else? Hunting for gem material is the greatest treasure seeking of all. It even beats ancestor-hunting! Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > Jack, garnets are really pretty. Most of them that get faceted for jewelry > have a brownish tint, but there are some that are very red, pyrope garnet, > and they're my favorites, but you don't see them at often. The color change > garnets are my other favorite. There are also some deep raspberry colored > garnets from Pakistan and Afghanistan that make pretty cut stones. > > That's the thing about jewelry stones. It doesn't matter what they cost or > if they're man made or not. All that matters is if you like them. If you do, > then they're perfect. > > Jan G. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> > Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:52:39 -0500 > > Ah, I'd love to have it Jan, but will have to wait till my ships comes in ! > > I am fond of garnets also, just because they were one of my mother's > favorites. She left me quite a few garnet rings that I am, one of these > days, going to have remounted into a ring(s) for Kade. > > Sometimes those garnets and rubies will fool you. Mother had rubies and > garnets both and sometimes I have to take them to a jeweler to see which is > which, although generally I can tell the difference due to the garnets > having a brownish tint to them, at least to my eye. > > Jack Childers in OKC > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Hi Sheepers! Jan, I am impressed with your knowledge of colored stones (diamonds too, probably) and wonder how or why you bothered to learn about it. I took courses from GIA long ago, but my first love is really gem hunting. Have you ever done that? Anyone else? Hunting for gem material is the greatest treasure seeking of all. It even beats ancestor-hunting! Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > Jack, garnets are really pretty. Most of them that get faceted for jewelry > have a brownish tint, but there are some that are very red, pyrope garnet, > and they're my favorites, but you don't see them at often. The color change > garnets are my other favorite. There are also some deep raspberry colored > garnets from Pakistan and Afghanistan that make pretty cut stones. > > That's the thing about jewelry stones. It doesn't matter what they cost or > if they're man made or not. All that matters is if you like them. If you do, > then they're perfect. > > Jan G. > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "JACK CHILDERS" <jaxone1234@msn.com> > Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:52:39 -0500 > > Ah, I'd love to have it Jan, but will have to wait till my ships comes in ! > > I am fond of garnets also, just because they were one of my mother's > favorites. She left me quite a few garnet rings that I am, one of these > days, going to have remounted into a ring(s) for Kade. > > Sometimes those garnets and rubies will fool you. Mother had rubies and > garnets both and sometimes I have to take them to a jeweler to see which is > which, although generally I can tell the difference due to the garnets > having a brownish tint to them, at least to my eye. > > Jack Childers in OKC > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Sharon, any jewelry can be recycled a few times, if you're so inclined. The stones can be removed from the rings (if the rings are gold or silver they can, of course, be melted down & re-cast into a different piece [broach, necklace, etc]). Likewise, the gemstones can be put in settings of any of these, and you can wind up with some truly beautiful and interesting new pieces to wear for a while. Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: Sharon Workman <workman@dreamscape.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/25/2002 10:19:58 AM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > Jewelry is like a lot of other possessions that eventually becomes just > burdensome. My brother is in the jewelry business, so decades worth of > gifts of jewels to my mother and to me have become a real problem. What in > the world should I do with that stuff? > > I quit wearing all those rings when my hands stopped looking like a young > person's. Broken fingernails and callouses from gardening, scratches and > small scars....adorn those hands with emeralds? I don't think so! > > Sharon > IBSSG > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

Robin, for any jewelry containing opals, one should take a cotton swab moistened with cooking oil or baby oil about every six months & swab the surface. This will prevent the opals from cracking almost indefinitely (except if it's a ring that you keep on while washing your hands and have an obsessive-compulsive disorder). Tty it...it works. Mike IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: <Robinosborne90@cs.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/26/2002 7:18:44 AM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > In a message dated 4/26/02 12:03:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > jcurtis@redrock.net writes: > > I guess if I have a favorite ring...it's my Fire Opal. It's about 1 inch > > square, with 7 Opals, and little squares of Gold around the Opals. I have > > a > > 3 carat diamond solitaire, and a 4 carat (Emerald cut) surrounded with chip > > diamonds. > > > Fire Opal is my fav and birth stone as well. Soft stone though I lost my > favorite when it somehow crack. Had it re-cut into earrings though. > I have some beautiful jewels too, but it is funny they don't mean what they > used too, I rarely wear my jewelry now either. > When I was in my twenties and thirties had to wear everything. > But my most fav is pearls. I think they are so lovely and have a lot of > them, > no rings, just stands and bracelets. > My daughter could give a hoot now. Maybe later she will enjoy my jewelry. > Just lost of someone took my diamond earrings. I was careless and took > them out and left them out sitting. > Haven't had that happen in over twenty years. I can't stand it when you > can't trust kids or people coming in your home. > Just moved so that won't be happening again. > Robin > TLC IBSSG > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Shuler Michael --- grinch42@mindspring.com --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

In a message dated 4/26/02 12:03:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jcurtis@redrock.net writes: > I guess if I have a favorite ring...it's my Fire Opal. It's about 1 inch > square, with 7 Opals, and little squares of Gold around the Opals. I have > a > 3 carat diamond solitaire, and a 4 carat (Emerald cut) surrounded with chip > diamonds. > Fire Opal is my fav and birth stone as well. Soft stone though I lost my favorite when it somehow crack. Had it re-cut into earrings though. I have some beautiful jewels too, but it is funny they don't mean what they used too, I rarely wear my jewelry now either. When I was in my twenties and thirties had to wear everything. But my most fav is pearls. I think they are so lovely and have a lot of them, no rings, just stands and bracelets. My daughter could give a hoot now. Maybe later she will enjoy my jewelry. Just lost of someone took my diamond earrings. I was careless and took them out and left them out sitting. Haven't had that happen in over twenty years. I can't stand it when you can't trust kids or people coming in your home. Just moved so that won't be happening again. Robin TLC IBSSG

I have tried to send several e-mails out this morning and keep getting a message that an error occurred and it could not send . I wonder what the deal is. Jack Childers in OKC International Society of BlackSheep Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm "I've traveled a long way and some of the roads were not paved" Jaxone1234@msn.com

This sounds like a real plan to me..... Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... Still shaking the family tree and dodging the nuts after 30+ years! IBSSG Subject: Survivor, Texas Style Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do its own, entitled Survivor, Texas Style. The contestants will start in Dallas, travel to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston, and down to Brownsville. They will then proceed up to Del Rio, on to El Paso, then to Midland, Odessa, Lubbock, and Amarillo. From there, they'll proceed to Abilene, Ft. Worth and finally back to Dallas. Each will be driving a pink Volvo with a bumper sticker that reads, "I'm gay, I'm a vegetarian, I voted for Al Gore, and I'm here to confiscate your guns!" The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins!

The subject has come up, so I will clarify. Sue Bates our Tender Lamb's Coordinator, is Co-admin on both lists. She is fully qualified and authorized to take any actions needed in assuring this list runs properly, and does a fine job. She is stable and FAIR. If I am off list, she has the passwords, and the authority to do what is needed. (I have been DOWN again with kidney stones, but once again I am back up and feeling better. There may be periods where my discomfort will leave Sue in full authority) (also my on-line time is limited by other activities- so she may see and react before I do, if I see she has, I will stand back and not double her efforts.) So please, when she redirects something to chat- she is doing her job, and I appreciate the fine job she is doing. Jeff Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

On to CHAT....... SB ----- Original Message ----- From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [BS-L] Re: Jewelry > Bettye - I don't know about my little Stella yet..she's only four yrs. old. > I'll probably show her my jewlery, and let her pick something out...that > catches her eye, in a year or two. I have an opra length Pearl necklace > (matched Pearls)...you know, the single-strand that almost goes to the > waist? It's been appraised at $9,000.00. I have that in mind for her.... > > But, son Kyle is still alivein Alaska...he may have little girl some day. > Guess I'll wait & see what happens. > > Jan C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: BETTYBOAT@aol.com <BETTYBOAT@aol.com> > To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:53 PM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Re: Jewelry > > > >Jan, what about your beautiful granddaughter.? > > > > > >Bettye > > > > > >==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > >--- > >The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by > each individual submitter. > > > >To Unsubscribe: Visit the following website and use the QUIT List or Quit > Digest Buttons > >http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ > >Contact Jeff Scism, ScismGenie@aol.com for list problems > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > ~~~~ > > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by each individual submitter. > > The Following topics are inappropriate on Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com: > Political discussion/ views > Religious and inspirational postings, > Politically "Hot" Topics > Advertising and chain letters > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

I'm not big on water balloon fights, and jewelry is something to be owned...like a horse, or furniture. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > >Yes. Water balloon fights are much more fun. > >Jan G. > ><<But I decided, long ago, that jewelry doesn't count much in the scheme of >things. >Jan C.>> > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> >Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com >To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:48:01 -0600 > >Garnets and rubies are totally different. Garnets have a deep >color...rubies are more clear. Garnets are fairly inexpensive, compared to >other gem stones. I have a garnet ring, with about 35 stones in >it...another Thailand ring. It's really pretty. > >I guess if I have a favorite ring...it's my Fire Opal. It's about 1 inch >square, with 7 Opals, and little squares of Gold around the Opals. I have a >3 carat diamond solitaire, and a 4 carat (Emerald cut) surrounded with chip >diamonds. > >But I decided, long ago, that jewelry doesn't count much in the scheme of >things. > >Jan C. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> >To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:53 PM >Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jewelry > > > >Ah, I'd love to have it Jan, but will have to wait till my ships comes in >! > > > >I am fond of garnets also, just because they were one of my mother's >favorites. She left me quite a few garnet rings that I am, one of these >days, going to have remounted into a ring(s) for Kade. > > > >Sometimes those garnets and rubies will fool you. Mother had rubies and >garnets both and sometimes I have to take them to a jeweler to see which is >which, although generally I can tell the difference due to the garnets >having a brownish tint to them, at least to my eye. > > > >Jack Childers in OKC > > > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > >Unsubscribe from the list: > >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu >bscribe > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the list: >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu bscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go >to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the list: >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu bscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >