i bought a 25 pound bag of gravel from the sapphire mine while in Montana...so far, I have found over 11½ carats...and still have ¼ of the bag left to go thru.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
i bought a 25 pound bag of gravel from the sapphire mine while in Montana...so far, I have found over 11½ carats...and still have ¼ of the bag left to go thru.
Cool!!
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
i bought a 25 pound bag of gravel from the sapphire mine while in Montana...so far, I have found over 11½ carats...and still have ¼ of the bag left to go thru.
That is kinda cool!!
Thanks! (I'm kind of a sciencey nerd)
First bag I got, I sifted thru at a different place, found 19½ carats, 3½ carats were of gem and cuttable quality, I sent those off to get cut, and I am going to see what they look like and get them set in a ring that I design. It will remind me of PJ weekend.
(gee...that sounds super nerdy :oops: )
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
i bought a 25 pound bag of gravel from the sapphire mine while in Montana...so far, I have found over 11½ carats...and still have ¼ of the bag left to go thru.
That is kinda cool!!
Thanks! (I'm kind of a sciencey nerd)
First bag I got, I sifted thru at a different place, found 19½ carats, 3½ carats were of gem and cuttable quality, I sent those off to get cut, and I am going to see what they look like and get them set in a ring that I design. It will remind me of PJ weekend.
(gee...that sounds super nerdy :oops: )
that's pretty awesome...reminds of when I used to go Ruby mining in NC as a kid. Got so into geology as a kid I bought a tumbler. That thing was fun. You just throw in a bunch of rough stones in there with some sand & water and tumble for a few days and then you have pretty polished stones.
i bought a 25 pound bag of gravel from the sapphire mine while in Montana...so far, I have found over 11½ carats...and still have ¼ of the bag left to go thru.
That is kinda cool!!
Thanks! (I'm kind of a sciencey nerd)
First bag I got, I sifted thru at a different place, found 19½ carats, 3½ carats were of gem and cuttable quality, I sent those off to get cut, and I am going to see what they look like and get them set in a ring that I design. It will remind me of PJ weekend.
(gee...that sounds super nerdy :oops: )
I think it's awesome, not nerdy. I wish I had something like that to do... I was so deleriously ill (and drunk at times) that I didn't even remember to take photos, much less get a bag of sapphires to make something out of to remember the weekend. :oops: You have good ideas. :thumbup:
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
that's pretty awesome...reminds of when I used to go Ruby mining in NC as a kid. Got so into geology as a kid I bought a tumbler. That thing was fun. You just throw in a bunch of rough stones in there with some sand & water and tumble for a few days and then you have pretty polished stones.
I actually found 2 rubies in the sapphire gravel (rubies are red sapphires).
I have wanted a rock tumbler ever since I was in 7th grade! In science class we picked out rocks and my teacher put them in the tumbler and we got to clean them off every week and watch how they changed shape after each stage of grit. It was really fun.
We also went to the Delmoe area and found a bunch of smoky quartz, I'm putting them in an acid bath later this week to get rid of the iron. So far, they look like some nice pieces.
I think it's awesome, not nerdy. I wish I had something like that to do... I was so deleriously ill (and drunk at times) that I didn't even remember to take photos, much less get a bag of sapphires to make something out of to remember the weekend. :oops: You have good ideas. :thumbup:
You can order the bags online...(shipping to Canada might be pretty expensive though-unless when I order my next bag, you can get one too, then we could meet up and find sapphires together)
I've been wanting to do the sapphire thing for years, I kept getting the :roll: from Mr. RK so I finally put my foot down.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
that's pretty awesome...reminds of when I used to go Ruby mining in NC as a kid. Got so into geology as a kid I bought a tumbler. That thing was fun. You just throw in a bunch of rough stones in there with some sand & water and tumble for a few days and then you have pretty polished stones.
I actually found 2 rubies in the sapphire gravel (rubies are red sapphires).
I have wanted a rock tumbler ever since I was in 7th grade! In science class we picked out rocks and my teacher put them in the tumbler and we got to clean them off every week and watch how they changed shape after each stage of grit. It was really fun.
We also went to the Delmoe area and found a bunch of smoky quartz, I'm putting them in an acid bath later this week to get rid of the iron. So far, they look like some nice pieces.
I think it's awesome, not nerdy. I wish I had something like that to do... I was so deleriously ill (and drunk at times) that I didn't even remember to take photos, much less get a bag of sapphires to make something out of to remember the weekend. :oops: You have good ideas. :thumbup:
You can order the bags online...(shipping to Canada might be pretty expensive though-unless when I order my next bag, you can get one too, then we could meet up and find sapphires together)
I've been wanting to do the sapphire thing for years, I kept getting the :roll: from Mr. RK so I finally put my foot down.
Yeah, sapphire hunt with RKCNDY! ... massive PJ weekend at Seattle/the Gorge next year baby! Right people? Sapphire vests will be be made! Btw, I had no idea that Mr. RKCNDY was feeling so fucked up from the heat on the floor that night... I was feeling so shitty before the music started that I didn't even muster an intro/nicetomeetcha at the time :oops: Tell him sorry I wasn't in the mindset to engage (even tough it sounds like he wasn't either) - to you too, actually... I was zombiefied before PJ came on, trying not to pass out myself.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I'm sick of seeing this fucking girl at my house every single day.
Morphine chick, or some other unsavory broad?
If I had a nickel for every irritating girl my male roommates used to bring home with them, I'd have, like, $3.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I'm sick of seeing this fucking girl at my house every single day.
Morphine chick, or some other unsavory broad?
If I had a nickel for every irritating girl my male roommates used to bring home with them, I'd have, like, $3.
I don't mind her. I just hate the same person coming over to my house every fucking day when they don't live here.
I especially hate seeing her when I wake up at 6:30 in the morning
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i would agree.
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
yeah...how?
The pictures of feet he has posted on this very board.
Someone say diddle?
I'm totally buying it.
Might as well post it in every thread
the ass kickin list is growing
You didn't think we would let this one go, did ya?
http://www.mess.be/inickgenwuname.php
I could post the one of KW humping you on the bed if you prefer?
BAHAHAHH!!!
There also may or may not be a pic somewhere that includes tea bags.
A legitimate one? Ouch...
- Christopher McCandless
Thanks! (I'm kind of a sciencey nerd)
First bag I got, I sifted thru at a different place, found 19½ carats, 3½ carats were of gem and cuttable quality, I sent those off to get cut, and I am going to see what they look like and get them set in a ring that I design. It will remind me of PJ weekend.
(gee...that sounds super nerdy :oops: )
- Christopher McCandless
I actually found 2 rubies in the sapphire gravel (rubies are red sapphires).
I have wanted a rock tumbler ever since I was in 7th grade! In science class we picked out rocks and my teacher put them in the tumbler and we got to clean them off every week and watch how they changed shape after each stage of grit. It was really fun.
We also went to the Delmoe area and found a bunch of smoky quartz, I'm putting them in an acid bath later this week to get rid of the iron. So far, they look like some nice pieces.
You can order the bags online...(shipping to Canada might be pretty expensive though-unless when I order my next bag, you can get one too, then we could meet up and find sapphires together)
I've been wanting to do the sapphire thing for years, I kept getting the :roll: from Mr. RK so I finally put my foot down.
- Christopher McCandless
:fp:
Yeah, sapphire hunt with RKCNDY!
If I had a nickel for every irritating girl my male roommates used to bring home with them, I'd have, like, $3.
I don't mind her. I just hate the same person coming over to my house every fucking day when they don't live here.
I especially hate seeing her when I wake up at 6:30 in the morning