[Rockhounds] Beryl, Green

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Go out to Google and search for 'buy green beryl rough'. Lots of 
faceting grade material is available from a variety of dealers.


On Sunday, Nov 16, 2008, at 10:47 America/Detroit, Ethel craven-sweet 
wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can purchase a piece of beryl--green--it has 
> to be green for a woman named Beryl for a Christmas present. 
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> When she helped move me on May 31st, she told me when she picked up 
> one of the rocks I had that it was green beryl and I told her to take 
> it, but she wouldn't do it then. Now she wants it--probably because I 
> have been getting all kinds of rocks off of her country property 
> during my stays here after chemotherapy every other week, such as this 
> week.  My guy lives here and she is the landlady and she lets me come 
> here and he takes care of me for about a week.  Then I feel better and 
> can go back home 45 miles away to Kent, WA, and get ready for my next 
> round of 3 day chemotherapy, which makes me very, very weak and a 
> little nauseated.
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> I brought her a green rock I had 2 weeks ago, but she said it was not 
> beryl..  Then she told me it was a brown rock and had the green beryl 
> in it, but I haven't found it yet because I have not been able to 
> empty all the boxes since I moved due to chemotherapy. 
>
> So, I'd like to buy a piece of beryl for her Christmas present, if it 
> doesn't cost too much, that is. I have no idea what beryl sells for. I 
> am new to this list and to serious rock collecting.
>
> Thanks for any help or information you can give me.
>
> Ethel Craven-Sweet
> grandsktn1 at yahoo.com
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