[Jewelry making - Article 00089] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond Nexus Labs?

[Helen Hill]

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>     A couple months ago I was at a lapidary meeting for my local rock
>     club (Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society) and a fellow
>     rockhound, who is a locally recognized facetor, showed me a
>     brilliant green gemstone called Helenite. Helenite is a lab created
>     gem stone made from ashes of the Mt. Helens eruption 

    Interesting, I'd not heard of that before. Maybe I should get some as
    my name is Helen! People often ask what is the stone you are wearing?
    An interesting talking point, that and using cremated human remains
    to make a diamond. Here is a link to Helenite in the Orchid archives
    from 2003: 

    http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/200303/msg00095.htm 

Helen
Preston, UK
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