Digest Number 173 CONCH PINK PEARL ON EBAY

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pink conch pearl on ebay i have just seen

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> There are 2 messages in this issue.

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> Topics in this digest:

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> 1. Vedic Artifacts Documentation Project

> "Dana" <divinedotnet

> 2. PGA Initial Voting Results April 15, 2002

> Richard Shaw Brown

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> Message: 1

> Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:04:07 -0000

> "Dana" <divinedotnet

> Vedic Artifacts Documentation Project

>

> Namaste,

>

> This is my first post to the group. My name is Dana

> and I work with a

> gallery in the US that deals in Vedic sacred

> artifacts. I am pleased

> to make your acquaintance, and thank you to Sri

> Richard ji for making

> this community possible.

>

> The goals of the gallery are much like this forum-

> to bring

> remembrance of these largely forgotten treasures to

> the mind of the

> modern seeker, but its vehicle is a commercial

> showroom helping to

> bring together buyers and sellers exchanging these

> sacred treasures.

> It represents a collection of the Nine Pearls, some

> of the Lakshmi

> Shankha (Sinistral turbinella pyrum), and you can

> freely republish its

> research and photography under the GNU Free

> Documentation License.

> Since the gallery is a business with real vendors

> and financial

> requirements, it is also seeking out dealers,

> galleries, agents, and

> those with collections to list.

>

> As one of the documentation contributors, I'm hoping

> that some may

> wish to contribute their own research into the

> project archive, and I

> know the gallery would certainly appreciate thoughts

> on commercial

> certification standards or a trade group. In

> particular, anecdotal

> information or known locations of Pearls in specific

> temples or other

> locations is being sought, as exhaustive research

> around these

> artifacts is needed since, as you know, not all

> have a presently

> documented formation process.

>

> If anyone might be interested, the site is at

> http://divine.net, and I

> will answer posts to this thread or feel free to

> email me at

> dana

>

> Kindest Regards,

>

>

> Dana Bahor

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> Message: 2

> Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:52:56 +0000 (GMT)

> Richard Shaw Brown <rsbj66

> PGA Initial Voting Results April 15, 2002

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> Initial Voting Results

> SPECIAL SURVEY

> Bangkok - April 15, 2002. The "Graha-anukul

> ratna-visheshajna

> parishad", the Planetary Gemologists Association,

> had completed an

> international survey on four of the most important

> aspects of Vedic

> Planetary (Jyotish) Gemology. These are: gem

> choosing methods, use of

> synthetics, use of semi-precious gems, and use of

> very flawed gems.

> Voting is by PGA Patrons & Members from all over the

> globe, including

> very senior and venerable personalities (listed

> below results)...

>

> Here are the initial results:

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> 1. Use of synthetics (lab created) gems in Planetary

> Gemology ? (total

> 96 voters)

>

> 10 voted YES or 11% use synthetic stones

> 86 voted NO or 89% use only natural gems

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>

> 2. Use of natural Upa-ratna (secondary) gems in

> Planetary Gemology ?

> (total 96 voters)

>

> 79 voted YES or 82% use natural semi-precious gems

> 18 voted NO or 18% use only the 9 primary gems

>

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> 3. Use of very flawed gems in Planetary Gemology ?

> (total 93 voters)

>

> 16 voted YES or 17% use very flawed stones

> 77 voted NO or 83% use only fine gems

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>

> 4. Gem choosing methods, Anukul-vad or Pratikul-vad

> ? (total 90

> voters)

>

> 76 voted for Anukul-graha gem choosing or 84%

> 14 voted for Pratikul-graha gem choosing or only 16%

>

>

> Below is the list of voters.

> PGA PATRON & INITIAL MEMBER VOTERS

>

> Prof. Dr. Mangal Raj Joshi

> Smt. Gayatri Devi Vasudev

> Pandit Vidyadhar Sukul Brahman

> Prof. Dr. A. K. Bhattacharya

> Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri, Padma Shri

> Chakrapani Ullal

> Prof. Dr. Usha Satyavrat Shastri

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> Aniruddha Dutta

> Anjali J.

> Arnav Medhi

> Ayyam Perumal Kanaka Sabhapathi

> Benjawan Arparpardh

> Bhaskaranand Lohani

> Bill Kent

> Chandra Prakash Shrivastava

> Darshan Diljit Shah

> Dennis Harness

> Dr. Amar Aggarwal

> Dr. Amar Gautam

> Dr. Bobbi Anne White

> Dr. Damodar Lalla

> Dr. Khilanath Bastakoty

> Dr. Kursija S.C.

> Dr. Mahha Dah Sheker Raajha

> Dr. Neeraj Lalwani

> Dr. Nilesh J. Chitalia

> Dr. Nimai Banerjee

> Dr. Partap Chauhan

> Dr. Randy Stein

> Dr. Sudhir Shah

> Dr. Theja Hettiaratchi

> Dr. Vikram Pratapsingh Bedi

> Edith Hathaway

> G. Kumar

> Ganesh Nathan

> Gary Gomes

> Gregory J. de Montfort

> Hewa Kurumburage Jayatissa Dharmadasa

> Hiranmoy Bhattacharyya

> Howard Beckman

> Jack Hauck

> Jai Maharaj

> Jawahar Mutha

> Jay Boyle

> Jayant Gopinath Kulkarni

> Jennifer Beckman

> Joanne Greig

> Jose Zaragoza Lopez

> K.S.Thampan Kannanchara

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