by stephan » Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:30 am
The movie Sin City with an all star cast was one of those real mixed with CG flicks. They did an amazing job...giving it an almost surreal comic book quality to the movie.
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I see a fellow rockhound responded in this tread ! Outstanding !!! Most of my Facebook pages that I have LIKEd are gem traders and rockhound pages. I prefer uncut mineral crystals to the gem cut ones. Granted,those gem cuts add that special sparkle to the stone,but when I look at my emerald,ruby,sapphire,chrysoberyl (catseye $$$$$$$) tanzanite (which is illegal to sell in crystal form anymore--[extremist groups started buying them cheap,sat on them a while,and leaked a few with the not so very secret of financing their weapons caches with the cash ...thus the price of xtals went thru the roof!!] and think to myself,this came from the rock and ground just like this,...forming over many,many years...and now,it is mine...there's such a quiet excitement that runs over me. One specimen I have was a gift from a person who bought it in a jewelry box of cosmetic jewelry at an estate auction. I wasnt sure what it was,but I had my suspicions,so I took it to a gem dealer 50 miles away,and it was confirmed to be an $8,000.oo stone of chrysoberyl catseye. I have several stones of rather high value that were sold to me by folks who didnt know what they were. Now,with over 600 specimens,one of them ,being one of my favorites being a 3 ct. star Burmese ruby cabochon, will never be sold. I have plans to will them to the local community college for their geology department,with the stipulation that they never be sold,and when not displayed,locked in a secure place. I havent had the cash to go rockhounding or to purchase any further specimens,but I figure with over 600 specimens,I should avoid being greedy,and remain content with the beautiful collection I do have. // The computer program that I made ages ago in BASIC and DOS had the exploding , spinning 3D brilliant cut diamond,took me quite a while to program,and the hardcopy of just the effect was pages and pages long. But those were the day when after all those long hours of work,and you ironed out any and all bugs,and the finished program worked like intended,the love of programming was well rewarded and worth it.