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

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. >

"J. Garland" <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> wrote.... >....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.....< Jan, you definately need to plan a vacation in Arkansas then. There are more minerals found in that state then probably any other in this country, I think. Lots of roadside stands devoted to the sales of them as well. When we visited my cousin southwest of Little Rock a couple of years back I found quartz crystals formations right there in their driveway. Really neat! Best, SueB