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09/03/2017 02:58:59 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by scalvert: My guess is a yellow quartzite, but I was waiting to see if Cory would show up with an expert opinion. It's been decades since my days of instant rock ID. |
And geology is such a fast-evolving science. :P |
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09/03/2017 09:34:30 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by scalvert: My guess is a yellow quartzite, but I was waiting to see if Cory would show up with an expert opinion. It's been decades since my days of instant rock ID. |
Cory AND Shannon!! This is a good thread, indeed! |
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09/03/2017 11:01:28 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by vawendy: Cory AND Shannon!! This is a good thread, indeed! |
Either this rocks or there goes the neighborhood. |
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09/03/2017 11:03:12 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao: And geology is such a fast-evolving science. :P |
The science is pretty much the same, but my memory... not so much. Back in my heyday, a North Carolina jeweler challenged people to ID 10 gemstones in a glass case. They were all uncommon items like iolite, spinel, and tsavorite, and there were no restrictions on who coud try, so a lot of other jewelers entered. I got 7 out of 10, and a couple I was friends with (both gemologists) got 8 out of 10. Nobody else did better than 4. I was 14 years old at the time.
Message edited by author 2017-09-03 11:13:56. |
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09/03/2017 10:17:17 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by scalvert: Originally posted by Art Roflmao: And geology is such a fast-evolving science. :P |
The science is pretty much the same, but my memory... not so much. Back in my heyday, a North Carolina jeweler challenged people to ID 10 gemstones in a glass case. They were all uncommon items like iolite, spinel, and tsavorite, and there were no restrictions on who coud try, so a lot of other jewelers entered. I got 7 out of 10, and a couple I was friends with (both gemologists) got 8 out of 10. Nobody else did better than 4. I was 14 years old at the time. |
Impressive. And yet you went on to become a... a... Well, not a jeweler or a geologist. :P :) |
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09/03/2017 10:23:59 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao: Originally posted by scalvert: Originally posted by Art Roflmao: And geology is such a fast-evolving science. :P |
The science is pretty much the same, but my memory... not so much. Back in my heyday, a North Carolina jeweler challenged people to ID 10 gemstones in a glass case. They were all uncommon items like iolite, spinel, and tsavorite, and there were no restrictions on who coud try, so a lot of other jewelers entered. I got 7 out of 10, and a couple I was friends with (both gemologists) got 8 out of 10. Nobody else did better than 4. I was 14 years old at the time. |
Impressive. And yet you went on to become a... a... Well, not a jeweler or a geologist. :P :) |
Drat... no discount on jewels?? sigh. |
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09/04/2017 12:18:00 AM · #32 |
Hah! Shoot it again and stick it in the challenge :-) |
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09/04/2017 10:01:21 AM · #33 |
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