I see that they're giving the Milano range another go tonight?
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I know this is completely daft to suggest, but there is a reason behind it. Have you asked if you could buy just the one? (Reason now). Years back I saw something on ebay that I fell in love with. It was the American site and it was ONLY for sale to the US market. I asked them nicely if I could have it sent to the UK. I still have it
So they are. And on a side note, how on earth do they allow Kati on air with those talons? I thought there were rules on nails 'on air'.
I'll pluck up the courageI know this is completely daft to suggest, but there is a reason behind it. Have you asked if you could buy just the one? (Reason now). Years back I saw something on ebay that I fell in love with. It was the American site and it was ONLY for sale to the US market. I asked them nicely if I could have it sent to the UK. I still have it
. £45 normally, mate, but to you retail, for one, it's £450 
Good luckI'll pluck up the courage
Interesting, wasn’t that originally Kati’s range? Pitching them against each other?
No it was Rae who was in charge of the charms and when she left Kati took over.
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I don't know why they still bother. Kati just said it's been three years since they last did the Milano charms - which means it's the same for the Kama charms.
I'd have been fuming if I'd bought on of the Kama charm necklaces - only to find that they're not bothering to do the charms for them afterwards.
At least Rae Carpenter used to do them regularly. These seem to be way down the list of priorities for Kati.
Rae was on top of this, focussed and brought out some lovely designs. Charms aren't my thing but the old Kama range was quality, heavy weight silver with good size gems. Some were good enough to be pretty pendants on their own. A couple of years ago, they cleared out their stock after they let the range die when Rae left (Kati really didn't focus on it at all) and I bought a few of these for £9.99 (9.45g silver). A packet of Christmas tree suspension loops and they look great hanging up.
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I've been digging again. I saw a programme about King Tut's Curse. They were trying to find how it 'became' a curse. It was journalists. Coz one paper got the main story of the find, the other decided to come up with the curse idea. But I digress. One of those who died of the 'curse' used to literally lick the paint etc, to see if it was salty and so on. Turns out that the colour he was licking was crushed up orpiment, and it had arsenic in it's makeup. And because of the prolonged exposure of the dust etc...... And they still have the stone, which is stated as 'ok' as long as you're not around it too long, on GC.
Yeah but almost anything can be deadly, directly or indirectly, immediately or accumulatively, if you are bonkers enough and go out of your way to ingest it.
It's not as if TGGC is selling anything from the asbestos group of minerals. Heck, eat enough 9K gold rings and you might start to feel unwell (from the alloys, not the gold) - although you'd have to buy a lot of them from Gemporia to get even close with their current gram weights! You'd probably peg it faster on a diet solely based on some of the "food"-stuffs hawked by the commercial giants in that industry. GC has sold sulphur and zincite before too, for example. Most people who buy rocks & minerals for pleasure understand what they're buying.
Now, where's that deep-fried chicken leg with a crispy malachite coating I was eating earlier? Oh, there it is! In the fridge, stored in my 1930s uranium glass dish. Toodle pip!
It's not as if TGGC is selling anything from the asbestos group of minerals. Heck, eat enough 9K gold rings and you might start to feel unwell (from the alloys, not the gold) - although you'd have to buy a lot of them from Gemporia to get even close with their current gram weights! You'd probably peg it faster on a diet solely based on some of the "food"-stuffs hawked by the commercial giants in that industry. GC has sold sulphur and zincite before too, for example. Most people who buy rocks & minerals for pleasure understand what they're buying.
Now, where's that deep-fried chicken leg with a crispy malachite coating I was eating earlier? Oh, there it is! In the fridge, stored in my 1930s uranium glass dish. Toodle pip!
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It's the manner in which it's sold though that is the problem.
Not every buyer understands that some minerals are toxic. Some of the presenters don't even know. Alex used to admit that he wasn't clued up on some of the more obscure minerals. GIA AGP accreditation does not cover all minerals - it only covers the 'cross-over' minerals that are also considered jewellery gems - such as Lepidolite or Calcite.
The presenters always waffle on about rarity, value and how good they'd look in jewellery - and people often fall for the spiel. They don't cover toxicity or risks - and if a buyer doesn't know the risks, and their pet was to swallow it or lick it, that is a serious problem.
What if someone doesn't know the risks, displays it in a cabinet in their living room, and a family member brings their toddler round for a few hours. If the toddler makes a grab for the stone, and swallows it, that is a serious problem.
If someone KNOWS that a stone is toxic, then they'd place more emphasis on making sure that their purchase is stored out of harms way.
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