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Post by Tonyterner on Nov 26, 2008 10:30:55 GMT -5
Looks like you've learned a lot in your first year as those are incredible. The material is great and I really love that forest fire plume. Where is that from?
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RocknCritter
spending too much on rocks
Member since November 2008
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Post by RocknCritter on Nov 27, 2008 10:28:20 GMT -5
The green forest fire agate is from Idaho. I almost always get a vendors card when I buy rough. This is one of the exceptions. The guy is always so busy. The next time I see some, of course I'm going to grab it.
I wish mailing rough back was easy. In Brasil often times, the pedranistas only want to sell 50 or 100 kg. of rough if any at all. They really want to add value by cutting it. So the large quantities means using a freight forwarding company. I actually looked into this three years ago. At the time, it was something like $10/kg. to get the stuff back to the states. (I don't remember which port though and this can make a big difference in the total shipping costs after adding in ground transportation.)
Also, just looking at the outside of a Brasilian post office (or bank) is a sobering experience. There are usually lines running out the doors and around the building if not the entire block. I've heard wait can be from 4 to 6 hours some days.
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