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cofor

cofor

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Hi all,
Just wanted to briefly tell you who I am and why I am here.
I am 47 yrs, native Scandiboy and has rediscovered the world of gems after being away for nearly 10 years.
In 1986 I graduated at GAGTL in London and got my FGA. Worked professionally in gem trading and cutting until 1998.
Graduated as Diamond Grader at HRD, Antwerp in 1993.
From 1998 and forward I have been involved in the IT-trade and is presently working as a project coordinator in a governmental IT-organization.
I''m slowly getting back to the Gem world and have for some months studied what I have missed during my abscense.

Amongst Gems my favourites are the Corundum varieties as well as the Garnet family. Diamonds are diamonds but my heart beats for colored stones.

nice to be here,
Conny Forsberg of Sweden
 
Welcome!
 
Welcome to PS Conny! I am sure you will enjoy the "Colored Stones" section!
 
Welcome Conny!

The Garnet group is my mainstay along with certain varieties of corundum. I am also very fond of chrysoberyl, sphene, sphalerite, Oregon Sunstone, benitoite and the chalcedonies. If you have gem photos to share, I'd love to see them.
 
Valkommen o Gott Nytt Ar Conny!

LS
 
Thanks u all for the welcoming.
And to LS: GNÅ och Tack!! Svensk boende utomlands eller hemma?


Conny
 
Welcome! Do join us on the Coloured Stones forum.
 
Welcome! Your stone in the old stones thread is captivating...I can''t wait to read more of your posts!
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Date: 1/10/2009 8:00:35 AM
Author: cofor
Thanks u all for the welcoming.
And to LS: GNÅ och Tack!! Svensk boende utomlands eller hemma?


Conny
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Kanadensiskan som var utbytes student i Malmö 74-75. Jag hälsar "hem" varje 5 år.
(förlåt för dågligt svenska det är svårt nu länge)

Svensk "Familjen” bor i Varberg, Västerås o Jönjöping.

LS
 
Welcome! I LOVE Garnets!
 
LS,
Are you two cussing?
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cofor,
I''m considering the FGA. Any advice?
 
Date: 1/10/2009 1:46:49 PM
Author: Harriet
LS,
Are you two cussing?
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No! That''s just my alter ego asserting herself....
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He wanted to know if I was a Swede living in the motherland because I was wishing him Happy New Year. I''m not Swedish, but spent a few years there as an exchange student in 74/75, plus a lot of extended visits there to my ''adoptive'' family.

I "could" swear, however, but I thought you were going to start an entire thread about that lovely subject one day? Or has kumbaya distracted you?
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mini threadjack over

ls
 
You do it.
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That 21-page thread took the wind out of me.
 
Date: 1/10/2009 6:55:46 PM
Author: Harriet
You do it.
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That 21-page thread took the wind out of me.
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no kidding
 
LS you still seem pretty fluent in swedish :)
Btw in 74/75 i lived just 40 km from Vasteras and today I live 130 km from Jonkoping.

Harriet:
Regarding the FGA it is a very thoruogh Gemmological education and (if things has not changed much) pretty demanding compared to the GG as you will have to know everything by heart at the examinations. No clues, no choices just a blank space where your answer is to be placed. If you pass you are also invited to pick up your Diploma at the banquet in London, which I recommend attending, if you choose the FGA. God, how much strange (and mostly unnessecary) mineral data I still have stored in my head...
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the product of over learning.
 
Thanks, cofor. Do you have any more thoughts on an FGA compared to a GG?
 
Cofor--
How is the gem identification portion of the FGA? The G.G. is quite thorough in that regard. How is the lab work? ..And, we also have a bit of (often quite necessary) mineral data stored in our G.G. heads as well...
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Harriet, I am not familiar enough with the GG to really compare the two. The difference I have heard about is in the way the exams are performed. I have friends who are GG and their skill as gemmologists do not differ from any other I have met. To become a skilled gemmologist you have to be devoted, analytical and know your limitations. And that is regardless of what education or diploma you have.

Coatimundi, the FGA second year is very thorough in gem identification. The lab work is time consuming but very exciting. Regarding the "unnessecary" data stored upstairs I primarily mean the cemical compositions of every different mineral which I have had very little use of in practical gemmology.
I used to be a "inclusion freak", madly hunting for interesting and/or beautiful inclusions to photomicrograph. Most of my best slides are in the collections at HRD in Antwerp where I left them to be of more practical use than merely looking at them. This was before the digital camera revolution as you probably understand
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Think I have to get me a new microscope soon.

Cheers,
Conny
 
Date: 1/12/2009 6:12:46 PM
Author: cofor


Coatimundi, the FGA second year is very thorough in gem identification. The lab work is time consuming but very exciting. Regarding the ''unnessecary'' data stored upstairs I primarily mean the cemical compositions of every different mineral which I have had very little use of in practical gemmology.

I used to be a ''inclusion freak'', madly hunting for interesting and/or beautiful inclusions to photomicrograph. Most of my best slides are in the collections at HRD in Antwerp where I left them to be of more practical use than merely looking at them. This was before the digital camera revolution as you probably understand
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Think I have to get me a new microscope soon.


Cheers,

Conny
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Thanks--I was making a joke about the data--haha! What? You mean chemical compositions don''t come in handy?
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I''d love to see your photomicrographs.
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OK Coatimundi, as soon as I can get hold of a flat bed scanner which can handle dia positive I will start digitising the images and start a thread about inclusions. Fair enough?
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Date: 1/13/2009 2:02:17 PM
Author: cofor
OK Coatimundi, as soon as I can get hold of a flat bed scanner which can handle dia positive I will start digitising the images and start a thread about inclusions. Fair enough?
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Yah! Thank you!
 
Thanks, Conny. I like interesting inclusions too. There's a 20ct. tsavorite with a pyrite inclusion under the table that I wish I could have. The darn thing is of top colour too.
 
Welcome to PS, Cofor!!
 
Welcome Cofor!!! I hope to someday visit Sweden, it looks gorgeous in pictures
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