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EYE ON OPAL IN OCTOBER

HAPPY HARVEST SEASON —

Silly as it may seem, with the arrival of a new season, I’m often slightly amazed at how quickly it arrived. Perhaps most especially this year. We hope this finds you in good health, staying active and connecting in various ways with friends and family, as well as finding opportunities and time to enjoy our shared interest in geology, mineralogy, paleontology, and lapidary or maybe lapidary-ology?

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