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veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

I know a few of us share a passion for crystals and jewelry as well as makeup so thought I would start a thread on this. Share your stash, finds, whatever!

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@Beadshopgirl can't wait to see what you share. Sorry I meant to tag you yesterday and well me and my scatter brain I forgot until now 😄 😄 😄

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 - You come up with the best threads!

I was obsessed with collecting rocks and minerals when I was a kid. My favorite piece is a geode (I have the whole geode) with purple/amethyst crystals! I'm now really into Larimar; I have a few pieces of jewelry.

Unfortunately I was raised by parents who still believed that "girls can't do math and science" or I would be a geologist, gemologist, or some other -ist in the rock and mineral industry. 😞

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

Thank you @Titian06 🙂

Ohhh sounds nice! I love Larimar too! I also love Moonstones, Quartz, Turquoise... well pretty much anything blue :D. I will have to upload some pics when I can figure out where the picture folders are lol

It's not too late. Could you take a course to have your creds for gemologist? Or maybe not your full creds but to learn more? Could start a side business 😉

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06. oh cool! Wow yeah I can understand that... You need a break! 🙂

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 - Oh, wow! I love those same gems as well...and anything blue! Particularly sapphire (real, not synthetic).

Thanks for the suggestion on gemology courses! I am so burned out from going to school for 15 years (AAB, BA, MBA)--working a full-time job, a part-time job, and going to school in the evenings--that taking any type of course, workshop, conference, makes me freak out! It will be a while before I can step into a learning environment again! 😄

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 Has anyone read Elizabeth Taylor's "My Love Affair with Jewelry?" I think they re-released it recently. Super fun for any jewelry addict...if only it had pics of her whole collection!

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

Do you remember the auction brochure of her jewelry? The only piece that stood out for me was the HUGE canary yellow pear cut solitaire diamond ring! I couldn't stop staring at it! I thought I kept a picture, but I couldn't find it. I may have to look on Google.

@greeneyedgirl107 - Found a picture:

Ring made in platinum and white gold and is set with a 16.98 carat
pear-shaped diamond with trimmed calibre-cut sapphires.
A gift from Michael Jackson

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06 That one doesn't ring a bell for me...I Googled it but I'm not sure if I found the right diamonds. I remember her writing that Eddie Fisher "gave" her yellow diamond earrings - but he paid for them with the allowance she provided him! Remember when her fragrance "White Diamonds" was all the rage?

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06 No! I wasn't aware of the brochure...I would have loved to have seen it! She wrote in her book that we are merely custodians of jewelry, b/c she knew her heirs would sell her pieces.

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@greeneyedgirl107. No I haven't. I'm kinda weird when it comes to reading selection... well I'm weird period. 😄

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

Well that's good to know @greeneyedgirl107 :). I wasn't sure LOL

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 I consider it more of a picture book! 🙂

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 Has anyone been to the gem and mineral wing at the Smithsonian? I've been wanting to go to see it, including the jewelry! I also love the gem and minerals section at the American Museum of Natural History.

Titian06 · ‎07-13-2017

@greeneyedgirl107 - I visited the Smithsonian on the annual family summer vacation when I was 10 years old (that was 40+ years ago). There are only two things I remember about the trip. The Hope diamond is one of the two. I will never forget seeing it!

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@Titian06 Thought you might like this...a more recent setting they created. And supposedly the curse is just a myth!

k617 · ‎07-13-2017

No, but I also have been (and loved) to the Museum of Natural History's gem and rocks section!

Spent so much time photographing diamonds LOL

alexasteph · ‎07-13-2017

@greeneyedgirl107 I've been! That's where they have the Hope Diamond and I visualize myself stealing it heist style every time.

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@alexasteph Wouldn't that be something? I only saw a replica at the Carnegie Museum. Is it bad that the number one thing I like about museums is the jewelry? Ha ha! I was at a diamond exhibit in NY years ago and someone actually made off with a piece - inside job! Saw the Krupp diamond and also my first pink diamonds. Memories!

veronika23 · ‎07-13-2017

@greeneyedgirl107. No I've never been. Cool!!!

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎07-13-2017

@veronika23 I've always loved big jewelry, so I have been loving all the statement pieces these past many years. I am so sad to see smaller pieces take center stage. I think delicate things are pretty, but I just can't seem them well enough. Plus, I think a really easy way to look better is to put on some bling.