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I heard that as well and about a year ago I did a very extensive Google search on the subject. Although there were a lot of sites, medical and otherwise that said one should avoid breathing the dust of abalone and other shells, I was unable to find anything legitimate about it's being toxic or...

That's interesting about the brown scum. Yes, you're right--Neither the store I work at nor I have had to buy any sparex in several years. After a few years the steel can does start to break down into rust, though. I suggest "decanting" it into a sturdy plastic container.

The problems with trying to use a metal pickle pot is that just about any metal but Stainless steel will disolve into the pickle both eventually eating through the metal and neutralizing the solution. If you use stainless or anything ferric it will cause an electrolytic reaction that will cause...

NZNP: That ring is stunning! Did you make it or is it from Eyris?

Don't use any metal for your pickle pot. it should be of ceramic or glass. You can even use a hot plate and a tempered glass beaker or coffee caraf. The muriatic acid that you can get from a swimming pool supply is a weak hydrocloric acid solution and it will eat organics like cotton, wool...

There is one huge headache that beginners often create for themselves. That is, terminally clogged files. I have seen a person clog a file so thoroughly that it couldn't be cleared and had to be discarded--and, in less time than you might think possible. So-when you get your first file(s) get a...

My suggestion would be to do it with a lapidary grinding unit--one with a good water-drip/wet-sanding function. It's not a good idea to breath the dust. Also, wear rubber gloves. The shell powder that grinds off of them is absolutely hell on your hands when it dries--it sucks all the oil out of...

I would think that if it's as rare as it seems it might be (are there any others--at all?) Then it might be a rare and valuable specimen just as it is. _______________________ Marc

Oh my--I seem to have started a bit of a stir here.:o Thanks for the kind words, folks. It really hasn't been all that bad. I think that I got an overdose of the "nattering nabobs of negativity":rolleyes: back in the 1970's when I started out by doing craft fairs. (Heh, heh--It's an election...

Slraep, In re-reading your posting I can see that it was probably meant as humor. However, I'm afraid that I got hung up on the statement that the crafts person: "...deserves to be overpaid..." It seems to me to imply that, all humor aside, the artisan is still overpaid. I found this to be a...

Folks--I gotta tell ya--the only respondee to CarolK's question that didn't irk or even exasperate me in some way was eric-anandia-pearls'. Perhaps many of you have either had, or known someone who has had, a bad experience with appraisals. However, I think it is only good sense to remember that...

I gotta weigh in here--Pearl strands on a man? Sorry, but IMHO it just leaves me cold and I think, frankly, that's how most men will see it. It's the kind of thing that, if it gains much attention, will get lots of traction on the stand-up comedy circuit and might end up doing more damage than...

What a great model! She looks so warm and vivacious--not like most of what one sees in ads. Don't be afraid to use some of the ones that show a little humor. That will draw attention to the ad. ---------------------- Marc http://www.flyrodjewelry.com/home.html

Hi Jeremy, Wow! That is simply amazing! ...and a green abalone at that. Simply beautiful, magnificent, incomparable, etc. etc. I'm thinkng that there must be something very interesting inside this blister. It would be a good one for an X-ray. What's doubly amazing to me is that it's in such a...

Boy do you have that one right!!:cool: For about 30 years now, I have been watching men's tendency to plan ahead for gift giving occasions slowly shrink. For the last 6 or maybe more years it has shrunk down to what I think is it's tightest reasonable margin. Xmas makes my employer a nervous...

Hi Tom, Great idea! You've got a lot of ground to cover though, I think. (...or maybe that should be water?) Looking over your blog, I couldn't figure out how to contact you for items to post. Maybe that can be made a little clearer? Good luck with this. ---------------------- Marc...

I've been promising X-Rays of some of my "nodules" so here's the start of it. This first one is the single nodule that I posted earlier. It turns out that dental X-Rays work very well for this purpose. In fact one can see--especially in the close up--the coencentric layers on this pearl. I've...

Jeremy--Isn't comparing the overhead of an online store and a B&M store a bit of the apples and oranges approach? As I mentioned in another thread of yours recently and you have just explained, in a slightly different way, in your post here, I think the critical issue or limiting factor is the...

I finally took some final pictures of the crescent pearl necklace to put on my website, complete with three dyed cfwp's. I think that these show off the color and luster of the mabe better than the previous pictures even if the background doesn't quite measure up to the one provided by Mrrr...

Terrific idea!!! ...and. . . ? --------------------- Marc http://www.flyrodewelry.com/home.html