Gemstone

I think she'd have better storylines.

I think she'd be able to do more with the other parts of her career that she prioritizes, like helping younger talent, like working with people and women on the indie scene with, like, the Gemstone or the Rhinestone Wrestling, whatever it's called.

Lodestone.

Lodestone Wrestling, thank you.

Want them to like them, too.

I make them for people to feel things and whether we're in a genre movie, whether we're in a, a movie like Blade or we're in a drama, or we're in a comedy like Gemstones, you know, y- you go with the different vibe you're in and, um, like you were talking about, the different directors.

Yeah.

And, um, and that's cool.

And I suspect they can't, deliver the outcome until he goes and it's done with him in person we understand that's where the delay is with regards to that issue so his legal counsel is basically saying that's holding up uh that process as well and they're saying that you know there's literally nothing that can be done in fact what they've done is put the blame on viandra petrolias and they're saying that because viandra petrolias now is dead the threat to uh witnesses It's dead, it's gone, because the only witness that we know of, who's the only eyewitness in this case, is Etienne van der Waals.

Etienne van der Waals, who was charged alongside Nkwanezi and Keisha Lee Stoltz and Adrian McKenzie in the Precious Stones case.

He is front and center in this case, but as you know, he's not being charged because he's a 204 witness, meaning he's going to implicate himself and others in this case.

So there were allegations that he had been threatened.

Yeah.

So at the beginning of the summer, I think it's worth shouting out the little gem fair that I went to in Brighton, the Get Stoned Gem Fair.

That was really fun.

Nice to catch up with some people.

There were some people exhibiting there, most notably Jada from Harmony Gems.

She's very lovely.

Stuart Paul from 1948.

Gemology Rocks were there, Shangri-La Gems, all very lovely people with lovely gemstones.

And the Greek says crystal, which fits very nicely.

"And I will place precious stones throughout your borders." Now, precious stones here are not used for building material.

They just show up through the border.

So therefore, I think it starts to hint at the meaning behind the metaphor and refers to the returning people.

He's also a writer.

He is author of the 2012 book Language of Beads, and most recently, he has written an article called How to Make Beads from Your Rocks, which is in the May 2026 edition of Rock and Gem magazine.

He is creator and host of the Gem News Network, a podcast on YouTube where he interviews leading voices from the gem, lapidary, and mineral industries.

He is widely respected for his knowledge of trade beads, gemstones, and the global bead industry.

He's built a career around preserving and sharing the remarkable history of beads, and I am so excited to have him here today.

I'm an equal opportunity bead lover, so.

Well, tell me a little bit about your interest in lapidary because I know that you have the Fasseter's Paradise store location in Tucson.

And I know you've done the recent article for Rock and Gem magazine on how to make beads from your rocks.

Yeah

... like the, the fucking Gemstone kids at Christmas.

Yeah.

Calvin opening his Double Dragon machine.

Its splendor comes from the glory of God.

So it's gonna be magnificent because it's going to produce a lot of light, and this light that is produced by the glory of God is going to reflect off of precious stones like jasper stone, clear as crystal.

We're gonna speak a little bit about that later on.

What we know is this holy city, it has the glory of God.

And so we go back to Revelation also mentions the me- the, "Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick, according to the human standard used by the angel." Now, like I said, you know, the wall was there not for intimidation, not for protection, but as decoration.

That's because when you look at the description of the wall, the wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with 12 precious stones.

The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third ag- agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the 10th chrysop- chrysoprase, the 11th jacinth, the 12th amethyst.