Dolomite and syenite rocks at the Racetrack, Death Valley

This pendant made for me by a wonderful friend who bought and fashioned all kinds of stones into lovely wearable art.

Unakite Jasper

It's meaning..... It is a kind and compassionate stone, and one of the best for developing and nurturing your emotional health

Salt from France my son bought for me.

A constructive use of minerals.

PA bluestone fireplace...just about finished.

These rings aren't really pink....I had on a red shirt the day I took the photo.

I lost the center diamond out of my engagement ring. I was sick about it. I had been potting waterlilies that day and feeding the fish, and I was sure I would never find it. Two months passed. One of my junking friends called to see if I wanted to go to some yard sales and thrift shops. I always carry a clutch type wallet. Never a purse. I looked in my wallet to see how much cash I had. In the place for the bills, was my diamond. Mind you, I had carried it everywhere, but it hadn't fallen out. I was so happy, and I got the rings repaired.

Jody was captain on a tow boat at the time, gone for 2 weeks at a time. He hired a guy to help me while he was gone....who turned out to be a crack addict.

I broke my wrist, took the rings off and put them in a baggie in a glass candy jar in a corner cabinet. I was house sitting for a friend, spending nights at her house. I came home one morning, and the door was open to my hous. All doors open. Even refrigerator. All drawers pulled out. I immediately went to the cupboard and my rings were gone.

For 18 months, I went to pawn shops, talked to people that might know drug dealers....trying to find them. No luck. I gave up.

One day I looked in a covered vegetable dish that was in the corner cabinet. I had a habit of putting little things in covered dishes. Things I collect like an old button or marbles. I looked to see if I had put anything in there. I hadn't, but it had a domed lid and when I lifted the lid, I saw a baggie crammed in the corner behind it. In the baggie were my rings.

I had kept some lose change in that candy jar. No more than $5. The thief had taken that, but in his haste, he didn't see anything in the baggie....the rings were small...size 4 1/2....and he only had the light from the fridge to go by...so he hadn't seen the rings in the baggie in the jar!

Rough amethyst and amethyst beads in the background:

My collection of Flint. The colors are amazing. American Indians would come from all over the country to get Flint rocks with which to make tools.

Haha Murray, looking quickly the bottom two looked like steaks.

Ha, eld, they do, don't they? LOL It reminds me of the cool and groovy bar of soap I got at our Farmers Market. It is two-toned. And now that I am using it, it looks like a big fat piece of raw bacon!!! LOL And a piece that broke off looks like raw muscle meat. Kind of gross.

Taken at mining museum in Angels Camp, CA

And...what does that have to do with that city in Michigan?

Gorgeous samples of what we saw at the science museum.