[Rockhounds] Sunstone natural and treated

[marilyn travis]

I just got back from a field tripto Morinci with the Deming club lots of fun 
fun specimens and a little cutting material.  On the way abck I stopped at 
Benny Fenns rock shop and quick stop.  Anyway benney owns the claim and was 
the miner of the Mexican yellow labradorite we had a long talk he had been 
selling to the chinese.  ended up not selling to them because they were less 
than honest.  all the way all the way around.  he now sell it to other 
people who call it what it is yellow labadorite. By the way the mine is 
closed as Mexico is not safe for Americans His son ran the mine and one 
weekend a worker was shot on his daay off and the sone was pulled back home 
So if you want some don't wait. Steve   Keep on Rockin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Kowalski" <Ted at crystalgems.com>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:17 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Sunstone natural and treated


>I received this link via the AOS Bulletin (American Opal Society) regarding
> treated sunstone:
> http://www.colored-stone.com/stories/mar08/sunstone.cfm
>
> Well worth reading for anyone who has been puzzled about the quantities of
> colored sunstone (andesine on the shopping channel) and the spurious
> original source claims for the imported stones.
>
> Ted Kowalski
> Fredericksburg, VA USA
>
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