Hi! My name is Diana (also known in the cyberworld as Si02 and ApacheRose). I am 21 years old, and am a rock freak. I love rocks, and I love digging in the dirt. I guess there is always that one thing from your childhood that stays with you. I am lucky enough to have been born and raised in the great state of Maine, where I now live with my husband, Ted who is 20. Maine has a huge variety of Minerals, Gems, and all around pretty rocks. I love minerals and gems, and the day will come when I find some really good ones for my collection. I don't mind buying gems and minerals, but those I keep in a whole seperate collection from the stuff I have found myself. The stuff I find myself is my passion! I have been collecting rocks my whole life, and I have a lot of the afore mentioned pretty rocks, which I keep polished, and in a wooden chest my great-grandmother gave me. I also have a tiny collection of my own minerals that I have found. I have a tiny piece of citrine quartz found in the Dresden area, some garnet and clear quartz crystals from some of the quarries in Topsham, and a lot of pink granite from the swift river (like I said I am addicted to pretty as opposed to valuable!), I also have some very crude green tourmaline from a mine in Topsham that my friend found and gave to me.
I also have some other interesting pieces from the Rangeley area that I have yet to identify. There is what I beleive to be Part of a Staurolite Fairy Cross, but it also looks like it could be andalusite (sp?)...does anyone know if this is the same thing - because they look very much the same? My favorite gemstones are any of the Si02's (Amythest, Citrine, etc...) and the Beryls (esp. Aquamarine). Well, Now I am rambling...I'll have to go through and edit this for coherency later!!!
-Diana
P.S. Don't mind the scary over-lit webcam pic of me. I just like the amythest background I made! LOL.
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