Hello *waves madly*

[ilovegemstones]

I remember you LD! You were always so helpful. I have learned so much from this forum and a big part of that was your posts. Healing thoughts from me to you!

 

[LD]

Good to see you again. Sorry to hear about your breast cancer. Who's got time for that anyway?? I'm having a biopsy next Thursday, so wish me luck.

Awwww Indigoblue that's not good news. The only thing I will say to you is that if you get bad news, everything after that is do-able. You WILL get through it. I'm here for you if you need any help/advice and of course I'm wishing you the very best of luck and will be thinking of you today. xxx

 

[LD]

I hate to ask- really I do. But what jewelry piece did you pick to wear?

OMG that made me spit my coffee out laughing! It was my grey diamond heart pendant actually! It was what made me think of PS because I looked at the diamond and realised nobody other than a PSer would appreciate a grey diamond!

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

LD- That is a beautiful piece worthy of appreciation everywhere. Stay sparkly my friend!

 

[minousbijoux]

Sooooooo happy you're back! (hmm, where are the good heart emojies when you need them?!)

 

[alupha]

Hello LD. You may not remember me from another forum. I recognised your unmissable alex icon and have been lurking around PS. I have forgotten that I am actually registered on here and don't really need to lurk, so I am wanting to say hi and thank you to you. I hope I am not jumping into this thread too late and miss you again .

I am still on my journey to find an alex I like and settled on a synthetic one just as a dummy to stop me drooling miserably until I can afford a decent one . I still have the not-so-good ones from another channel and as you advised at that time, they are not good quality but at least a teensy bit of colour change is a start.

I am glad to read you are getting better. Over the past ?6?7 years of me being MIA a lot has changed in my life as well. I now work as a little admin in NHS Tayside and have been for a while; started with Oncology for nearly 3 years, then Psychiatric up to end of October this year, and will be moving on to Dermatology for a better permanent position.

Hope you keep well, and ever so glad you are victorious against your diagnosis.

 

[Cam]

Hi LD,

I hope you are keeping well.

I have your read your posts on Alexandrite with great interest over the years and have the impression you are based in the UK - if you are, I wonder if you can help.

I have an alexandrite which has been authenticated as natural by AnchorCert Gem Lab in Birmingham, but which I want to get additionally tested by AGL in America. I am, though, anxious about sending the stone from the UK by post in case it gets lost, particularly since I do not have a reliable valuation of its worth for insurance purposes. I wonder, therefore, if you have any experience of sending gemstones or jewellery abroad and which postal methods or courier services you think are the safest and most reliable. I also wonder if you know of any appraisers in the UK who have particular expertise and experience in valuing alexandrite. I appreciate that the stone’s value will depend in part on its origin (and this is one of the reasons for wanting an AGL ‘Prestige Full Grading Report’), but I would like a reputable ballpark valuation before sending the stone away.

Do you have any thoughts or ideas?

Many thanks for your help.