A couple months ago I was at a lapidary meeting for my local rock club (Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society) and a fellow rockhound, who is a locally recognized facetor, showed me a brilliant green gemstone called Helenite. Helenite is a lab created gem stone made from ashes of the Mt. Helens eruption
Interesting, I’d not heard of that before. Maybe I should get some as
my name is Helen! People often ask what is the stone you are wearing?
An interesting talking point, that and using cremated human remains
to make a diamond. Here is a link to Helenite in the Orchid archives
from 2003:
Helen
Preston, UK