Enhydro
Specifically, fluid inclusions in agate, more generally the term has come to mean fluid inclusions within crystals or other gems or stones. The fluids are typically millions of years old and are most frequently water or liquid petroleum...
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The last is not an enhydro inclusion, it's a tiny garnet grown within a diamond.
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Mapping Fortune
Back in Calgary, for a bit at least, winter is spent on the MTO, Mapping treasures, Emeralds, Topaz, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamonds, it will be, if I can afford it, a busy summer. It's all here. The diamonds, they're an Alberta thing, there are claims here for that as well, closer to the Alberta border, but for everything else there are claims within 50 KM of Nelson. I've already found Garnets, when the snow is gone I'll find the rest. Everything. Every Gem in the fucking world. I'm creating my own map, adding 2 or three new markers per day, everywhere here you can dig and be surprised, the trick always is recognizing what you've found and creating value from it...
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John Wick 2
Which I saw with the daughter, laughed out loud, better even than the first, tongue in cheek, doesn't take itself too seriously, but excellent for what it is and the ending promises even more great things to come...
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Antique Mephisto Copying Pencils
Found them at a garage sale, New looking, still in box, Mephisto Copying Pencils, thought they were like pencils or charcoal and so used them instead.
But upon playing with some watercolors I discover that they have the curious property of turning purple when when wetted, like watercolors, but the line is that of a standard pencil. So I google it and find this:
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copying_pencil
Not nearly as new as they appeared, and I'm glad I found out - time to find some tools a little less toxic and more to my purpose.
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