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Cory and aiyana - I have seen a video of a very proficient woman making wire wrap rings that fit perfectly - having made one wrapped pendant (with my instructor having to undo my errors and "guide" me to the right angles etc) I know that I am not ...
Shirley my daughter and I are polishers and would love to learn how to make some wire wrapped rings. I don't suppose we could implore you to share you secrets. snorklepuss@hotmail.com
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With a strongly worded caption like disgruntled had to join.
My 4 year old daughter and myself are huge ROCKIES, have three tubler on the go at all times everything from fancy rocks to round rocks but we are starting to learn a little about types(...
Thank you so much for your comments. I have often thought of joining a club to learn more but it seems not to happen for one reason or another, but you are right and I will make more of an effort to join either in Duncan or Victoria or maybe both!...
Crystalhunter - The British Columbia Lapidary Society is the blanket organization for rock clubs all over BC. If you join a club in your area you are covered (insurance wise) and welcome to take field trips with any other club in BC and also other...
Hello from Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island! I am also new and not sure where or what to post. I joined in hopes of learning more and finding some interesting spots to go. All my life I have been picking up rocks, I love rocks. One day a friend tol...
Wow two comments added since last night! We are on a roll.
Paulette if you send me your address to kavss@3web.com I would be happy to send you instructions on making a wire wrapped ring as its one of my favorite designs and its quit easy! It may ...
Hi Paulette, just thought I'd mention re: the "Barrie" that Shirley referred to in an older post, I believe she meant Barrie, Ontario. This site is now one of daily checks, along with my emails. The computer can really take up time, even when it's...
Rose quartz mine, beryl pit...drool. I'm back to looking at our local flowerstone (feldspar porphyry) and Dallasite (brecciated basalt cemented with white quartz and "decorated" with epidote. I am promising myself and anyone who will listen that I...
hello ladies
I got back from the bancroft show. wow! I bought lots of new material to work with( now to find some time!
Ironically Paulette I too bought some nice pieces of labradorite from labrador. I have been after the dealer for months to ge...
Good question. I have various little bottles with gold fleck and flour and wonder what to do with it. Also people who pan in Fraser area often have platinum (I have one little button).
Have you refined yours down with mercury or whatever? Paulette
Hello Shirley - Terry and I are still in Alberta - we did the hike up to the Rock Candy Mine in Grand Forks - switch backs with 1000 feet of elevation. Did I say I am fat and recently 61 years old? Well that's true but what also is true that I tru...
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Are there really other people on this site?
I've been on this site for a month plus and made a few comments and wowed some rocks and offered local info to people considering coming my way.
Responses? zip. zero.
It is not a very encouraging start to, "connect to people around the world who share the same interests as you!" Even a "yup" or "no I think its something else" would be, well, something....
I'm not expecting a dating site or hand-holding or the divulging of secret spots.
Disgrunted Rockie (Paulette Egeli)
Responses? zip. zero.
It is not a very encouraging start to, "connect to people around the world who share the same interests as you!" Even a "yup" or "no I think its something else" would be, well, something....
I'm not expecting a dating site or hand-holding or the divulging of secret spots.
Disgrunted Rockie (Paulette Egeli)
Posted on June 12, 2020 at 4:03pm — 13 Comments
Canadian new to site
First off, the picture is not a picture of me - its of my husband in raingear! I look a lot like this in raingear. We were on a club outing this February at the Fraser Valley bars looking for jade (nope), jasper, agate. quartzite and anything else that needed to be lugged home.
We are building a rock workshop in our back yard after realizing that queuing up at the club workshop and paying per slab to cut stuff wasn't so good. We live on Vancouver Island which was an arc island complex - basalt,… Continue
We are building a rock workshop in our back yard after realizing that queuing up at the club workshop and paying per slab to cut stuff wasn't so good. We live on Vancouver Island which was an arc island complex - basalt,… Continue
Posted on April 6, 2020 at 1:24pm — 3 Comments
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- At 4:06pm on July 16, 2009, Robert Santee said…
- Ok paulette have a good trip Bob.
- At 6:53pm on June 22, 2009, Robert Santee said…
- Hi Paulette i would be interested in trading with you for some of your garnets do you have any pictures of them and what would you be interested in also did you look at my whole gallery and what do you think of the pictures i downloaded so many that on some of the pictures i did not write any info on them.Were are you from in canada i am from New Jersey,USA i no its hard some time to look at this site all the time but i seen a couple of people wanting to me other collectors so i am going to try to say hello to some of you and if you would like to talk about collecting thats cool to Bob.
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