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You Know You’re a Rockhound When…

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Snowflake Obsidian Specimen _____________________ – You look down instead of up. – Any rock, no matter how common, will raise your pulse. – You see beauty in all rocks, even “Leaverites,” the ones you leave behind. – Your family and friends just roll their eyes when you pick up yet another rock. – You are willing to dig up a rock with a spoon, even if it means ruining the spoon. – You have been known to visit urban rock piles and risk stares from people who are wondering why an old person is crawling around on a dirt pile. – You are willing to pay excess baggage fees (international, yet) for a large yellow rock that looks like a loaf of bread. – Your pockets are always filled with rocks and residual dirt. – You often find pebbles in your shoes and even socks. – You don’t mind dirt at all, even under your fingernails. That’s why soap and water exist. – You get why rocks are so spiritual; you understand that rocks have been around since the beginning of earth ...

Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting

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Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting (reverse) Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting (reverse) Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting Eyes: Green Stones On Wings: Clear Stones 2025: Box #18 – Special Items   .2 ounce 5.7 grams 28.5 carats   eBay Circa 2002 2025-18-Special 2002-eBay-Unknown Pin: Bug Pin with Opal Body in Metal Setting

Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones

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Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (LED light) Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (LED light) Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (reverse) Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (black light)  Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (black light) Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (black light) Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones (reverse) Ring: Emerald Cut Blue-Green Sapphire Gem Surrounded by Clear Sapphire Stones Some side gems are fluorescent 14 kt Gold Setti...

Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold

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Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (closeup) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (closeup, LED light) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (LED light) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (back) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (reverse) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (reverse) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (reverse, LED light) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold (reverse, LED light) Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold Step-cut Emerald 2025: Box #18 – Special Items   .08 ounce 2.3 grams 11.5 carats   The Jewelry Barn (Leon Ness) York, Pennsylvania Unknown acquisition date 2025-18-Special Unknown-York-Unknown Ring: Lab Emerald-cut Alexandrite in 10 kt Gold

Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head

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Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head (LED light) Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head (reverse) Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head (marks) Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head (marks) Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head 12 kt Gold-filled Mark: “WRE” 2025: Box #18 – Special Items   .155 ounce 4.4 grams 22 carats   Unknown acquisition and source date 2025-18-Special Pin: Bug Pin with Jade Body and Carnelian Head

2010: Box #9 – Jewelry

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Pin: Bug Pin with Gold Tone Body and Red Coral Beads 2010: Box #9 – Jewelry   Gold Box – Bug Jewelry 1.       Large spider with crystal legs 2.       Small ladybug with red spots and green eyes 3.       Small bug with pearl head, lattice wings, and green body 4.       Small red ladybug with black spots 5.       Silver bedbug with red eyes 6.       Small gold bug with green eyes and gold stone body 7.       Gold bug with white body 8.       Small silver bug with a green head and wings and red eyes 9.       Gold bug (lattice) with a red body/head and green eyes 10.   Small silver bug with white body and green stone 11. Small gold bug with gold stone wings and body, clear stone eyes   Round Woven Box: 12.   Square ...

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