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I would have bet my life you were international... I've never heard anyone from Boston speak like you! And I don't mean that as an insult to you (more of an insult to us). We just tend to be a little less formal in our vernacular. lol Anyway, from what I can tell, the majority of the stones in the pic you shared are quartz. Hey, I love quartz, so no judgment here. I'm just not hopeful that they will be facet grade and salable, you know? These stones are probably more useful as decorative objects, rather than for cutting and selling. I have a whole bunch of sea glass from Vladivostok that I display in my guest bath (and love). But you have some pretty rose material there!
".85% of my stones were retrieved from within +/- 10 yards because I did it..."
When sourcing top shelf material, make sure to stick to your own walkways and garden!
.....those are pebbles. I am so confused
That's what I thought too - bags of them available from the gardening section of my local DIY shops!
DK
Ah all is clear a troll has come out from under the bridge.
From the first post it was either a scam or a troll.
Well played sir trollalot.
Ah all is clear a troll has come out from under the bridge.
From the first post it was either a scam or a troll.
Well played sir trollalot.
The forced pseudo educated language used by OP makes this already pointless thread so cringy I feel dirty for reading it
Psuedo-educated...goodness. Well, I might be a bit long in the tongue but your petulance without substance speaks volumes. I wish you no Ill will.
@BlackRockWarlock, perhaps your GIA contacts could send you some referrals. Or, alternatively, you could simply have some stones crudely faceted and submit them to the lab.
Maybe have someone else fill out the intake paperwork though. Brevity is a requirement there.
Most of those look like what we call "beach agates" around here (i.e., some variety of cryptocrystalline quartz). But I am not sure I want to get notifications about this thread now.