On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:22 -0600, Kathleen
> wrote:

>Chemiker wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:52 -0600, Kathleen
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> Moldavite earings, with diamond surrounds. She bought
>> them to match a ring she got in Europe. Actually, it's
>> kind of pretty. Moldavite is green, and I hope the colors
>> match.
>
>Oh, I love green.
>
>My daughter didn't want a traditional high school class ring so I'm
>going to have a white gold and diamond ring left to her by her
>grandmother re-cast, with a pair of emeralds from earrings her father
>gave me added in, into something she'd be happy to wear. Her dad
>approves and I'm sure her grandmother would be thrilled.
>
>I'm thinking of a horse's head in profile, and a dog's head in profile,
>noses touching, with the emeralds for eyes and the diamond balanced just
>above their brows. The jeweler I'm working with was excited by the
>project so I can't wait to see his sketches.

As I understand it, Modavite is some kind of glass formed when
meteorites hit terra firma. She says it's kind of like Trinitite, the
radioactive green glass formed from the nuclear test on the
sands of Trinity Site. Ecah piece is unique, and apparently there
is a bed of it in the Czech Republic.

I'd like to see the finished product of that ring, if you'd care
to share.

Alex