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=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 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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 >