Alphabet Game

**ptero** · April-26-21, 09:37 AM

Zorro!

https://www.sbhistorical.org/the-true-tale-of-zorro/

**Jimaz** · April-26-21, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by ptero

Zorro!

https://www.sbhistorical.org/the-true-tale-of-zorro/

Ah, thank you.

As an toddler, I was so infatuated with Zorro that I once asked my mother if we could have a sword fight. She said "But we don't have any swords." I responded that "But we have sharp fingernails, don't you know?"

Kids are so innocent.

**bust** · April-30-21, 08:11 PM

I guess it's too late but I'll throw in one more M: The Muppets. Hope I never forget the life-changing episode with Debbie Harry.

**jcole** · May-01-21, 08:22 AM

Precious and not so precious stones

Amethyst, my birthstone

**Maof** · May-01-21, 08:54 AM

Right up my alley

Baltic Amber. I have several pieces from mom, one of which in a similar setting to this...

https://amberman.s3.amazonaws.com/20...ring-151-2.jpg

**bust** · May-02-21, 01:41 AM

Corundum.
Conundrum.

**jcole** · May-02-21, 11:00 AM

The granddaddy of all the "precious" stones;
Diamond. Not my favorite

**Kathleen** · May-02-21, 11:03 AM

Emerald! Most beautiful green ever!!

**Jimaz** · May-02-21, 08:46 PM

Fluorite

**Maof** · May-03-21, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by Kathleen

Emerald! Most beautiful green ever!!

Agree. Also my birthstone

Garnet

**jcole** · May-03-21, 09:00 AM

Hematite

**Zacha341** · May-03-21, 02:25 PM

Labradorite. One of my favorites. Subtle gemstone for cabochons, yet available in many nice variants.

https://www.google.com/search?q=labr...w=1150&bih=538

**Kathleen** · May-03-21, 03:32 PM

Let's not get ahead of ourselves! Need to fill in I, J, and K....

**jcole** · May-04-21, 09:09 AM

Isle Royale Greenstone

**Kathleen** · May-04-21, 12:53 PM

Jade! Another green fave of mine!!

**Dan Wesson** · May-06-21, 02:47 AM

Kryptonite !! Everyone knows what kryptonite is...

**Maof** · May-06-21, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Dan Wesson

Kryptonite !! Everyone knows what kryptonite is...

From the planet Krypton?....https://scienceonblog.files.wordpres...onite-main.jpg

Lapis

**Kathleen** · May-06-21, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Dan Wesson

Kryptonite !! Everyone knows what kryptonite is...

OOOHHH! Pretty Green!!

and M is for Malachite!! Yes, I am partial to anything green!!!

**Jimaz** · May-06-21, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Maof

... Lapis

I have a gorgeous fountain pen somewhere made of deep blue lapis lazuli and gold. I googled for a similar-looking one and I think it was this one.

I hope I didn't pay that much for it.

**Jimaz** · May-06-21, 01:39 PM

"N" is for Nephrite mainly just to get on to the much more interesting Opal.

I've been hooked on the videos from Black Opal Direct lately. I visited a local jeweler and nothing there could compare to Justin's black opals. Check out his discovery of a rare script pattern. It's like a credit card hologram only made by nature.

**Maof** · May-06-21, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Kathleen

OOOHHH! Pretty Green!!

and M is for Malachite!! Yes, I am partial to anything green!!!

I'm also partial to green. My mom gave me a malachite ring about 30 years ago. The stone measures 1/2" set in 925 sterling. I just gave it to my daughter and I'm thinking I want it back....LOL.

**Maof** · May-06-21, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

I have a gorgeous fountain pen somewhere made of deep blue lapis lazuli and gold. I googled for a similar-looking one and I think it was this one.

I hope I didn't pay that much for it.

It's such a pretty stone! You better start looking for it.

Pearl

**jcole** · May-06-21, 04:15 PM

Quartz or Quartzite

**bust** · May-08-21, 02:03 PM

I personally don't believe the hype about gemstones, and fortunately neither does my spouse, but we enjoy pretty or otherwise interesting rocks, minerals, and fossils. I'd love one of those Michigan Greenstones. I can't believe I'd forgotten about them. Petoskey stones are cool too, and a nice reminder it was once under an ocean there.

Labradorite was a good choice. Great color and pattern variation, Spectrolite in particular.
Wow that Opal-- didn't know they could look like that.

Let's keep this moving:

Realgar