Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Get to Know Me! My favorite gemstone


I took a lunchtime walk through the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History yesterday, which inspired this topic.

My favorite gemstone is the yellow topaz. It’s my favorite because when I was a kid my Mom had a big yellow bottle of Avon perfume called Topaz, and the bottle had a fake yellow topaz on top of the cap. She kept the bottle in the small “powder room” adjacent to the main bathroom so I could see it whenever I wanted. I really loved that bottle and that fake gem. The gem seemed beautiful and mysterious to child Ipecac.

So now you know me a little better. (Sorry about that).


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