My nicest thing was the gold celtic cross i just love it ,,, Jean R. wrote: > Hi Lorraine. I brought home to the USA a few items of jewelry to give as > gifts to my daughters; the pair we all thought the loveliest were the > cream-colored Connemara marble earrings with a tiny thread of gray-green > coloration. Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorraine Moore" <lmoor68@bellsouth.net> > To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:31 AM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) > > > I have a couple of beautiful rosaries made from Connemara marble. One is a > bracelet rosary and one the regular sized one. > > Lorraine > > --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > From: Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Connemara Marble (Galway) > To: ireland@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 2:58 AM > > Added Note: Pre-Cambrian geology qualifies Connemara marble as one of the > oldest of natural materials - and in some people's eyes certainly one of > the > finest. With its characteristic twisted, interlocking bands of serpentine, > in varying shades of green, sepia, cream and grey, it has, unlike many other > marbles, a high resistance to scratching and virtually impossible to stain. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >