Thursday, February 26, 2009

- Still Sick

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

Sorry Koroit fans, I'm still sick & not getting much work done . . . today I went for a chest X-ray.

later . . .

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

- Selling Rough

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

I hope to have a few parcels of rough Koroit opal up for sale on my website (www.koroit.com) by the end of the week - by Friday, Feb 27. I hope to be adding new parcels at least once a week.

The link to the rough for sale page is: Rough for Sale

If you'd like to be added to my email list to let you know when I will be adding new parcels, please email me (click HERE to email me).

Feel free to let me know what you're looking for & your requests.

We hope to be making some significant changes to my website soon - any of you Dreamweaver wizards out there feel free to throw in a few suggestions or tips.

On a personal note - my cold which has tortured me for about 2 weeks is showing signs of leaving . . . I hope to be back to normal & fully functional very soon.

thanks again

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Monday, February 16, 2009

- Back from Tucson

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

We're back home from Tucson . . . and will be back at work in a day or two.

The shows in Tucson this year were very slow - very few buyers were there. I don't have access to any "official" stats, but it appears that 2009 was the worst attended Tucson in 20 years - based on my observation and my discussions with other exhibitors.

Our sales were far from impressive, but we did sell more than enough to cover our expenses.

Unfortunately, just as we were almost finished with Tucson, I picked up a nasty cold. It has been a bit stubborn, but we should be cutting & selling more rocks in a day or two . . .

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

- More Pretty Rocks

Safety Harbor, FL - USA


In addition to opals, we'll also have some beautiful Ocean Jasper & other curious stones at the booth in Tucson.

A very big thanks to Dawn & her son James for pricing close to 2,000 stones.

Here are some of the Ocean Jasper cabs:












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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

- Cutting Opals

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

A week from now we'll be in Tucson showing & selling. Here are a few opals I've just cut & will soon be on the way to Tucson . . . .












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Sunday, January 11, 2009

- Cutting Rocks

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

 . . . just a quick and simple update - 

I'm cutting opals getting ready for Tucson.  Here are photos of a handfull of today's opals on dop sticks before I cut them.

More soon . . . .











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Friday, January 2, 2009

- Arrival

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

The shipment of rocks and hardwood from Australia arrived at about noon today.

Although I have established a stronger sense of faith in many areas of my life, I still breathe at least a small sigh of relief when I see those drums full of treasure I last saw about 2 months ago on the other side of the planet, being unloaded from the back of the truck here at home.

Here are a few photos:











(I've updated the post from 12/31/08.)

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