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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 11:47 AM EST
A member of our WIKI and one of my dearest friends has being selected as "Rockhound of the Year" by the Southeast Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies". Dewey Moss and his wife Bessie spent two days in Nashville. Tennessee payed for by the Federation to receive the reward. Dewey and I have spent many a wonderful day collecting along the beautiful Cumberland in Alabama and Tennessee. Bessie is a very talented wire wrapper(one of the best.) Andy you might have meet her at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris GA. Congradulations Dewey. Billie and I send our love and bless wishes to you and Bessie. Bill Do you find this valuable?
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WilliOfTheValley |
1. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 12:31 PM EST
Congratulations to Dewey & Bessie. That is great. If Bessie is one of the ladies that wire wrapped a stone for Andy, Yes she is one of the best. The work he showed me was absolutely beautiful.Willi Do you find this valuable? |
pvjjh |
2. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 2:36 PM EST
That is awesome, congrats to Dewey and Bessie. Paul Do you find this valuable? |
syonix |
3. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 2:48 PM EST
"A member of our WIKI and one of my dearest friends has being selected as "Rockhound of the Year" by the Southeast Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies". Dewey Moss and his wife Bessie spent two days in Nashville. Tennessee payed for by the Federation to receive the reward. Dewey and I have spent many a wonderful day collecting along the beautiful Cumberland in Alabama and Tennessee. Bessie is a very talented wire wrapper(one of the best.) Andy you might have meet her at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris GA. Congradulations Dewey. Billie and I send our love and bless wishes to you and Bessie.Congrats!! Can we see some of her work? Do you find this valuable? |
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
4. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 4:43 PM EST
"Congrats!! Can we see some of her work?I will post some of her work and ask Bessie to post some of her work. Dewey has a Rock Shop where he cuts and polishes stones, cabs, mounts facetted material, sells rough, mineral specimens and fossils. He has held serveral office in the Huntsville Alabama, Club and has over the years worked many shows and festivals. I wrote an article published in Lapidary Journal with him about the Cumberland Agates. He knows more about prospecting the Cumberland than any one I know. He is a blood hound when it comes to agates. Bill Do you find this valuable? |
goldfla |
5. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 5:27 PM EST
Bill,Could you find out if there are any other facet quality gems that can be hunted along the Cumberland River? I have a river trip planned in coming years and would love to combine that with a hunt on film. The plan is to duplicate part of Bill Fiero's trip: http://www.geocities.com/bill_fiero/cumber.htm into my own "Great Loop" cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkQ5eCRX3r0 You might want to clue him in on Bill's website as he was a working geologist and has many writings on geology of the areas cruised. Do you find this valuable? |
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aubreyreynolds9@gmai |
6. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 6:10 PM EST
"Bill,I visited the link. Great site and a fantastic journey. There is some beautiful material off the river on the steep sides of the Cumberland Plateau. The plateau is 50 miles wide in some places and has a string of State Parks along the top. Fall Creek Falls is the most famous State Park. The sides drop off steeply to the Tennessee River on the east and the rolling hills of the Nashville dome on the west. The Cumberland runs for 450 miles. Daniel Boone discovered a narrow gap in the unbroken chain that led into Kentucky. The Cumberland Falls on the river is one of the most spectacular falls in the east. As for gems, the most famous is the Kentucky Agate and the Paint Rock Agates. These gems are best made into cabs but there is also beautiful clear carnelian that facets well. The gravel bars yield blue green, gem grade fluorite; colored quartz (citrine, carnelian and clear quartz.) and jaspers. Do you find this valuable? |
washatonian |
7. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 7:12 PM EST
"A member of our WIKI and one of my dearest friends has being selected as "Rockhound of the Year" by the Southeast Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies". Dewey Moss and his wife Bessie spent two days in Nashville. Tennessee payed for by the Federation to receive the reward. Dewey and I have spent many a wonderful day collecting along the beautiful Cumberland in Alabama and Tennessee. Bessie is a very talented wire wrapper(one of the best.) Andy you might have meet her at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris GA. Congradulations Dewey. Billie and I send our love and bless wishes to you and Bessie.Greetings Bill, I went back and look over the attendance sheets for the two weeks I was their and didn't see her name. I would have undoubtably enjoyed meeting her. Andy Do you find this valuable? |
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havermap |
8. RE: Congratulations "Rockhound of the Year"
Jan 3 2009, 10:53 PM EST
Congratulations to Dewey. That is a nice paint rock you and he found that you posted on your profile, Bill. This site would definitely benefit from Dewey & Bessie's experience. . Pam Do you find this valuable? |
