Group Buy?

[StoneWhisper]

I'm not sure if any of you would be interested in this.. But my wife has a fire mountain account.. and the other day while looking through one of their books.. I spotted a "rock/gem chart" which has actual rocks within/on the chart itself.. I believe the chart is $25.80 each, but if we all pitch in we can get the chart cheaper.. Let me know what you think.. perhaps Someone offical from TN can get these charts also or vouch for this group buy..

Stone collectors identification chart, 52 piece. Sold individually.​

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

I'm not sure if any of you would be interested in this.. But my wife has a fire mountain account.. and the other day while looking through one of their books.. I spotted a "rock/gem chart" which has actual rocks within/on the chart itself.. I believe the chart is $25.80 each, but if we all pitch in we can get the chart cheaper.. Let me know what you think.. perhaps Someone offical from TN can get these charts also or vouch for this group buy..

Stone collectors identification chart, 52 piece. Sold individually.

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No problem with this post, work out the details with members who are interested in doing the group buy via PMs and you want violate any TN rules....

Anyone interested in a group buy can acknowledge it here and contact SW via PM for details as far as money......TreasureNet can not offically endorse this, but what you do in PMs is your business as long as all parties agree....

 

[StoneWhisper]

Thanks for the voucher TH thats good to know.. Just wanted to see if anyone was interested in these charts.. But looks like we'd have to have at least 100 orders or more to see any savings.

 

[handy]

i would be interested in 1

 

[StoneWhisper]

Well so far that makes two of us.. I just thought TN would locate these charts for us and pass the savings onto us.

 

[TeAra]

count me in

 

[StoneWhisper]

I knew I could TeAra.. but I doubt we could get 100 or more TN users to partiupate in this.. and I thought you told me you have a FMGB account which we do as well.. I suggest we bump this thread from time to time just to keep others psoted or aware of this suggestion..

 

[TeAra]

yes I do...I could probably wipe out first 50 items I am sure so I would be able to take some of my finds and make my jewelry with them

 

[StoneWhisper]

A couple of mornings ago I went out to check the P.O. Box and found that I had a package.. Turns out it was the chart I was talkign about within this post.. So I'm wondering who is my secert santa..

 

[TeAra]

That was sweet of someone.

 

[StoneWhisper]

Thing is.. the paper chart says "collection 1" so after looking at the fire mountain page.. I don't see any other collections.

 

[TeAra]

I had not noticed that before..Maybe they are going to come out with another chart? I asked fmg about it and will let you know as soon as I get a reply.

 

[TeAra]

Ok they got back to me and said that is the only chart they offer

 

[StoneWhisper]

Hum.. well what I'm planing (if I can ever get a slab saw) is to create my own chart.. making the stone samples bigger but keeping the same design.. and maybe lable them better and in order.. (neat freak I guess)

 

[TeAra]

if you can't get them cut just right then they end up looking like some of mine where you can't tell what they were lol then again it could be because i use a cheap table tile cutter hope you are able to make the chart

 

[StoneWhisper]

True I've seen these tile cutters in action and I'm not really sure this would be the best thing for me.. Yet it would be the cheapest. My issue is after tumbling stones I'm left with a slurry I can't get rid of.. So I haven't tumblers any stones for about two years. Besides.. this isn't our own house (renting) so I have to watch what and how I do things around the home.. And yes I've tried to get intouch with a gem group here in MD and they decline my invite on the grounds of my "views"

 

[TeAra]

Now that is not right views or not you share the same passion for rocks and minerals as them...I store my slurry in coffee cans and reuse them sometimes as a finer grain has worked for me so far and saves money. I was told that because I lived far away from one (which was about 3 hours away)that I would be better to find one in my state...I checked on those and they are at least 6 to 8 hour drive I mean I would have to drive half way across Tennessee.

 

[StoneWhisper]

sounds like a pain.. There are those of us who want to so desperitly to do these types of things and yet the doors are closed to us or things are to far away.. and often we just have to make due with what we have.. Thats why for the longest time I was forced to use my dremel.. and now that I've had soem success with it.. I need to move on to bigger and better things.. A slab saw would come in handly now..

 

[TeAra]

I have my husband use his big cutter for some of my stones because i will not use it since you have to bring the blade towards the stone and I worry about missing some digits if i miss the stone while having to hold it and pull the handle...it is sad that there are many rules that leave alot of people excluded.

 

[StoneWhisper]

Case in point I have two forms of CTS which limits my ablity to move my hand & arms like I use to. Often I get up in the morning suffing with some sort of pain.. I've attempted serveral stones with my dremel and was successfull with faceting a large clear citrine.. yep this was all self taught and I fractured the crite in the cutting stages.. But After seeing this chart.. I feel that if I could cut the stones in a simular shape and size and create my own chart which would be almost never ending.. In the range and detail to how many stones and their veraitions..