May have posted in the past ...

[CASPER-2]

but here is a link for gem stones that some may be interested in but may not have
List of Precious, Semi Precious Gemstones: Precious & Semi-Precious Gem Groups

 

[CASPER-2]

heres another if you like some reading
Gem by Gem

 

[Terry Soloman]

Why is this in Beach and Shallow Water?

 

[chlsbrns]

Thanks for posting the links! Now when we are detecting shallow water I will know what them pretty rocks are!

 

[CASPER-2]

Why is this in Beach and Shallow Water?

because people are forever asking what king of stones they have in their rings
you may be an expert but there are a lot out there that just don't know what they got
I get PMs often asking to identify - this way they may be able to find out for them selves
with out having to go to a jeweler

 

[fongu]

Thanks Casper. I stumbled across a writer named Antoinette Matlins at Gemstone Press and ordered two of her books about gem identification through interlibrary loan and I'm really enjoying them.