07 August 2011
August first Posting
07/August/2011 07:09 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
This is the first posting for August, and only a few new stones, as I have been very busy with volunteer work with United Against Puppy Mills on the upcoming event in New Jersey next month. I hope to see a few of my customers in the NYC area there. The event is called Sound for the Hounds, check out the website for details. There will be live music all day with some Jazz from Cindy Bradley, King Errisson, and also TDC, the ultimate Neil Diamond tribute band.
Now the new stones - First up is a spessartite from Loliondo Tanzania. This find is all but dried up now, but I do have some stones I bought several years ago including this one from a 2009 trip to Tanzania. All these spessartite have some "sugar" type bubbles in them, but this is one of the cleaner ones.
Here's a ruby from Lake Baringo Kenya. I bought this from my friend in Kenya Okeno, he traveled with the miner from Kenya by bus to see me in Arusha, and I ended up buying 3 small Lake Baringo stones from them, then paying for a hotel and bus for them to get back home the next day. This stone, while not the largest, had the best color. There is no pink, the stone is just red, and very clean. These Lake Baringo stones are all natural, no heat or other treatments.
Another ruby from Africa, this time Malawi. Beautiful color, but there are eye visible inclusions, so it's priced very low for a natural unheated stones. A very hot, neon red color.
Here's a news cast from our local Harrisburg channel concerning the puppy mill crisis in PA. Have a look at this, and you will understand why so much of our time devoted to helping these dogs. We could use some donation help for the event. Click HERE to make a small Paypal donation. Thanks!
Now the new stones - First up is a spessartite from Loliondo Tanzania. This find is all but dried up now, but I do have some stones I bought several years ago including this one from a 2009 trip to Tanzania. All these spessartite have some "sugar" type bubbles in them, but this is one of the cleaner ones.
Here's a ruby from Lake Baringo Kenya. I bought this from my friend in Kenya Okeno, he traveled with the miner from Kenya by bus to see me in Arusha, and I ended up buying 3 small Lake Baringo stones from them, then paying for a hotel and bus for them to get back home the next day. This stone, while not the largest, had the best color. There is no pink, the stone is just red, and very clean. These Lake Baringo stones are all natural, no heat or other treatments.
Another ruby from Africa, this time Malawi. Beautiful color, but there are eye visible inclusions, so it's priced very low for a natural unheated stones. A very hot, neon red color.
Here's a news cast from our local Harrisburg channel concerning the puppy mill crisis in PA. Have a look at this, and you will understand why so much of our time devoted to helping these dogs. We could use some donation help for the event. Click HERE to make a small Paypal donation. Thanks!
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