[Rockhounds] Did she have lead poisioning?

[Tim Jokela Jr.]

Did Val ever find the cause of her headaches? Great story, Rock, always nice 
to have somebody with practical experience debunk our paranoia.

Tim Jokela Jr., tjokela at execulink.com
Business: http://www.element51.com
Pleasure: http://www.ontariominerals.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rock Currier" <rockcurrier at cs.com>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:05 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Did she have lead poisioning?


> Some years ago as part of my mineral business we also got into the 
> business of casting pewter figurines of various kinds that we would glue 
> onto cheap mineral specimens like pyrite and amethyst and sell as gift 
> items. The kind of metal we initially used was a tin alloy that contained 
> 32% lead, or at least that is what the specks said. The metal pots that 
> contained the molten
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