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You got it. It's fossilised wood. Dull on the site but the "agatised" ends are pretty. 👍👍👍 I do move them in the Summer. Just can't resist a splash of colour in the darker months. 😊

My "brown" quartz at the back...

DT just now: No Larimar marquise around. Not cutting. You can ask but you're not going to get it (image 1). Me just now: Google 'larimar marquise' (image 2) 🙄

Of course you will, Arnie - sorry, Dave...

Donna is right. eBay has improved its Seller base a lot, particularly during the pandemic. Very reputable firms list on eBay now. Sometimes as a Marketing initiative (list a few, choice or even loss-leader items & send full details with parcel) or sometimes limited quantity, end of line...

Here's some. Not secret or especially recommended but some places I look at periodically. Jewellery: - Tara Coomber. Have a couple of her Eden cut rings - from Gemporia (Image 1) but her own site is worth a look. (I really don't think these are bad value on Gemporia. One at a non-reduced...

Not sure that there is a difference. I suspect that "appraisal" is used in America much more. There may be technical differences but, in this context, no difference 🤷‍♂️

😁 A bit of Acorn Antiques and Fawlty Towers with an overarching set up of Margin Call...

TMWNN is right. Look at it this way...what the jeweller was really saying was "I couldn't sell this at a price that is good for me to my typical customer base". Not in the same league as your piece, but I bought two little heart shaped amethysts from GC earlier this year. They'll be stocking...

It's endemic. Pendant bought by me last year (1). Kate selling on "Barnaby's Fantastic Unbelievable Earth-Shattering Rule-Breaking Wheel of Fortune" this morning (2). Hattie just now: "...for just three easy payments..." of £200 a pop (3). Search for 'Copper Chalcedony', me just now, £40...

😁 Yes, like "Hand Finished in UK" (take it out of the box from Farflungistan, wipe it down, dust it, put it in your own box) or like the supermarket "Baked in Store" (unload frozen from distributor, whack in oven on site).

Going to demur just on this one. Probate valuations are only really for the tax man (a division of HMRC that used to be called the Capital Taxes Office) in cases where the value of the total estate could trigger inheritance tax. The valuation has to be as at the date of death. They tend to be...

Not sure with the GC items that can be assumed. I recently (last six months or so) bought a cat's eye rutilated quartz cab. The sort of item they have often on their Daily Deals page at a very standard £29.99 price. Waited and waited and then took a punt on one of Emily's shows, sent in a...

Haven't looked at reviews for ages. I stopped getting requests for them years ago. I find the recent Feefo reviews (excluding 5*) mostly typical of what TGGC is right now and no surprise to this forum. Most of the 4* have an "OK but..." vibe to them. The 1* - 3* are: - Thin, scooped out metal...

🤣 Here you go...

£299 for this too (no, it's not a Kimbie wax melt). 171.5 carats. That weighs just slightly more than a Troy ounce of silver, currently at roughly £23 per oz. I'm missing something. I must be. 🤷‍♂️

Sometimes I will pick up a book, let the pages fall open as they want and see what I can learn today. I kid you not, this is this morning's entry from Cobham Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, 1872 edition, "Natural". This meaning of the word has fallen out of use but seems to describe her...

The only sapphires I have bought are set in jewellery. A pair of Songea cufflinks, sold by Matt B at 2am about ten years ago or more, for a steal. Lovely things. And I did buy two 18K Nigerian unheated sapphire rings from the Outlet, one as a present. One stone had green flashes and the...

Damn right. Exactly my thoughts. I bought one of their 999 necklaces recently - the cards suit one, - tucked away on a Jeff wheel. Doesn't bother me that the findings (chain & clasp) are Sterling and not Fine silver. It makes sense to me and the chain was a decent link, weight and...

...even when all the options were the same answer and all were correct. 😁