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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-10-05....Smithsonian Bling Blings
Aquamarine

Posted on 11/10/2005 4:24:35 AM PST by Aquamarine



A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day
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Today we take an up close look at some of the rare and historic jewelry collection that's on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
Let's face it, none of us will ever have a jewelry collection as striking and large as this one but it's always fun to look!







































The pictures and descriptions were taken from
the Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection Website.





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To: The Mayor

Thanks! :)


41 posted on 11/10/2005 6:26:20 AM PST by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: The Mayor
I actually live in the middle of the Niagara River, it splits and goes around us heading toward the falls which is 5 miles away.

No wonder you stay there, it's gorgeous.


42 posted on 11/10/2005 6:31:37 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

43 posted on 11/10/2005 6:33:46 AM PST by The Mayor ( As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.)
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44 posted on 11/10/2005 6:34:59 AM PST by The Mayor ( As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.)
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To: The Mayor

Oh, what a neat animated jpeg.


45 posted on 11/10/2005 6:36:58 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: The Mayor

When we visited the Falls years ago it was freezing and the mist from the Falls was coming down as snow on a sunny day. That sort of thing is amazing to a Southerner.


46 posted on 11/10/2005 6:39:37 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine
Hi, Aqua!

Love looking at the bling blings

But did you know the Hope Diamond is cursed?

47 posted on 11/10/2005 6:41:46 AM PST by Pippin
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To: Billie
Billie!

did you get my Frmail?

48 posted on 11/10/2005 6:43:14 AM PST by Pippin
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To: Pippin

Hi Pippin. Have heard that but don't believe in that sort of thing.


49 posted on 11/10/2005 6:45:12 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine; Aeronaut; The Mayor; Diver Dave; Billie; DollyCali; All; ST.LOUIE1; Mama_Bear; ...
Beautiful, they are, Aqua!
Spent a day at The Smithsonian the week I was in the National Spelling Bee, and it does require several days to fully enjoy.

As for "rocks," coming from flat Florida where pretty ones do not proliferate, it was wonderful when we went to live in Rapid City, South Dakota!

With the boys 6 and 7, we went exploring often, taking picnic lunches or things to grill in parks.
Steve and Kevin were trained to help Mom gather "pretty ones" - and there were LOTS!! Going from the sagging trunk of the car to the back porch, my collection grew.

When we were transferred to Fairbanks, Alaska and the movers were unloading the van, one staggered down the ramp exclaiming,"Whadda ya have in here, lady - rocks?"
The boys and I doubled over with laughter, because that was exactly the content..:))

In later years, my husband was a retail store manager, and then a jewelry store manager and certified gemologist.
While I would have been able to have any precious gem ring I wanted at cost, I never desired one - still only have a simple wedding band.

More precious to me was Mother's Day in 1962 when in South Dakota we came upon an abandoned rose quartz mine. My two little guys gleefully loaded in the trunk some spectacular ones of every size.
I still have one of those in my living room, a few in flower beds, and small ones in scattered displays.

Like these:
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We went from there to preserved historic Fort Laramie, and in the Gift Shop there, they spent their precious savings on a bracelet for me with (inexpensive) stones set in.

We learned there why Custer is a dirty word - - not a hero.

"Gen. George Armstrong Custer's Black Hills Expedition of 1874 changed everything. It sparked the last great gold rush in the continental U.S., giving birth to Deadwood but also violating the Fort Laramie Treaty with the Sioux. Their rage was unleashed on Custer and his Seventh Cavalry just two years later at the Little Big Horn."

And that was deserved - Custer had negotiated the treaty with the Indians, passed by Congress, "promising" the Indians the settlers in South Dakota would not expand into the Indians' territory, if the fort was left in peace.

He violated that , and the gold rush decimated thetr tribes all over the West.

The only rock I deeply appreciate and desire is this one - -


50 posted on 11/10/2005 6:45:45 AM PST by LadyX ((( He Is The Lord, above all things )))
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To: Aquamarine
I don't either

Well....

Not much anyway! ;o)

51 posted on 11/10/2005 6:47:36 AM PST by Pippin
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To: Aquamarine
It is beautiful, I just never go there unless someone comes to town.
We have found some beautiful spots where the ground is at water level and behind you the river rises high above, I'll have to go and take some pics for ya.

52 posted on 11/10/2005 6:50:13 AM PST by The Mayor ( As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.)
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To: Aquamarine

Cool sight I just found. http://www.ebpm.com/niag/regpix/glry_niag_w-icebr02.html

I gotta go, in the spring I'll take some pics of all the ice flowing down the river, it's awesome.


53 posted on 11/10/2005 6:52:13 AM PST by The Mayor ( As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.)
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To: Pippin

I did get your FR mail, Pip. Have been working on the Veterans Day post for the weekend and haven't had a chance to think yet about how or when to do your latest thoughts, but will, be sure of that!


54 posted on 11/10/2005 6:52:37 AM PST by Billie
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To: The Mayor

I LOVE that gif, Rus. Think I've seen you post it before, and it is awesome!


55 posted on 11/10/2005 6:54:33 AM PST by Billie
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To: LadyX
No, not many rocks in Florida just lots of seashells on the beaches. Enjoyed reading about your rock hunts in the West, can't believe I never got out there to scour the earth for treasures...at least not yet. :)

That was so practical of you not to pick out a ring or pendant at the jewelry store.

56 posted on 11/10/2005 6:54:45 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: The Mayor

Unreal! Looks as though the winters were much colder back then.


57 posted on 11/10/2005 6:57:34 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: All; Finest FRiends; Aquamarine; Billie; DollyCali; dutchess
Oh, what a sparkly post today, Aqua! I love how you have presented these beauties. Good job, sistah! I want them ALL.

I would so love to stay and play here but we are moving Jk's mom into her assisted living apartment today and, between Jk and myself and his brother, we have a full day of furniture moving and room decorating ahead of us.

Gotta run, but I wish you all a Fine day as you play among these gorgeous baubles.

The Spoonmaker's Diamond

 

The pride of the Topkapi Palace Museum and its most valuable single exhibit is the 86-carat pear-shaped Spoonmaker Diamond, also known as the Kasicki. Surrounded by a double-row of 49 round-cut diamonds and well spotlighted, it hangs in a glass case on the wall of one of the rooms of the Treasury.


58 posted on 11/10/2005 7:03:24 AM PST by Mama_Bear (Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!)
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To: Aquamarine

They were I guess, but if we did not put the ice boom in lake erie every year it could happen quite often.
They put in these cables and pontoon that hold the ice on to the lake, they release it in the spring and the river looks like a moving ice bridge for a couple days.


59 posted on 11/10/2005 7:03:39 AM PST by The Mayor ( As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.)
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To: Billie; dutchess; Aquamarine
Thanks! :o)

I forgot to send it to Dutchess and Aqua.

60 posted on 11/10/2005 7:08:18 AM PST by Pippin
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