[Bass]

Ah-er-um

I forgot about garnets. But the matrix - that still looks like quartz to me. Bass is off doing his Monty Python imitation of "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK" so can't really see it.

He is too cheap for a laptop.

How'd you know I wear high heels???

must be a peeping Jim []

[Bass]

Biotite perchance?

[JimBob]

Aye, laddie, 'tis a possibility - much more likely than garnet.

I raised this possibility with frethack when he cam over this Sunday for a visit. It came up in a wide ranging discussion of a lot of things spanning a wide range of topics, from the level of the suns activity to the type off revolver to use for self defense at home. The best would be a 12 gauge revolver - if it could be held in your hand. I think we decided that a sawed off Remington 12 gauge simi-auto shotgun was the best weapon, if one is not afraid of loosing one's hearing by firing it the house.

I vote for mica.