[Jewelry making - Article 00153] - Re: [Orchid] Curious about moss aqua

[Rick Copeland]

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>     I complimented someone on their Spectrolite once, and was verbally
>     jumped. "No, it's Rainbow Moonstone." 

    The old lets rename the stone and see if it sells trick. I go around
    in circles at rock shows all the time with people. Last year I was at
    a dealer table that had a nice slab of Sow Belly Agate from Creede,
    CO. I asked him how much the sow belly agate was. He corrected me and
    said it was lavender lace agate in fact it was Dendritic lavender
    lace agate. I asked where it was from. He said Creede, CO. Felling
    argumentative I said, "Well then it's Sow Belly agate and where do
    you get the Dendritic from?" He said, "See those tiny black specs?
    Those could be dendrites when you cut into it." I said, "Well this is
    a slab, if there were dendrites don't you think we would see them?"
    He said, "Well it's $20 take it or leave it." I left it. 

    At one show I had a lady tell me my Cripple Creek Turquoise was not
    from Cripple Creek. I told her that I had dealt directly with the
    miner at the mine site and in fact had done some of the digging
    myself. She said, "Well you must not have known where you were
    because this is not Cripple Creek." The Cripple Creek turquoise
    deposit is on Gem Hill overlooking the town of Cripple Creek. But
    there's no reasoning with some people... 

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Rocky Mountain Wonders
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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