[Rockhounds] Hi, I'm new here

[Charles Baran]

Well a BIG, hearty welcome!  You will find the nicest,  most 
knowledgeable, helpful folks anyplace .  Take care and have fun!

Chuck Baran

Helen Hill wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've just found your list today and it sounds like a fun group so I  
> thought I'd join.  I live in the UK and I developed a love of rocks  
> and fossils as a child (in the seventies), when an aunt gave me a set  
> of mineral specimens - nothing outstanding but fascinating to a child  
> nonetheless.  My parents bought me a book which has been a favourite  
> ever since, although sadly it's gone missing - Hamlynn's Guide to  
> Rocks, Minerals and Fossils.  I loved that book.  I later went on to  
> get a degree in chemistry, and still had a love of the chemistry of  
> the natural world.  I taught science for a couple of years, before 
> ill  health meant that I had to give up.  Last year, I started making  
> sterling silver jewellery, by forging and forming, soldering with a  
> torch and setting with semi-precious and precious faceted gems and  
> cabochons.  Therefore my love of "rocks" has sort of almost come full  
> circle.  I would dearly love to get into cabbing and faceting - that  
> would really be the icing on the cake for me.  I look forward to  
> chatting with you all.
>
> Regards,
> Helen Hill
> http://www.hillsgems.co.uk
> http://www.helensgems.etsy.com
> helenrhill at tiscali.co.uk
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