Well, Mr. Avery started with one piece. :) All it takes is
luck and persistence and luck. Did I mention luck?...and talent..LOTS of that.:)
LOL - that too! I'm moving all my jewelry equipment to AZ, and hope to get out there working at the 'bench' quite a bit more frequently. I still have several boxes of uncut real gem quality very hard turquoise - gonna have some real fun working it into gold mounts - can hardly wait.