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Originally Posted by Lucky 1
P.S ...as a side note to this story......this area was dominated by the Spanish in the 1500's....and of course there was no love lost between the Spanish and the Portuguese...... when the Spanish government demanded to know why a Portuguese ship was sailing in there waters.... they were told not to worry that the San Esteban was a simple cargo ship.......my grandson and I have dived on this wreck.....the cannons still lay on the sea floor.....it was a man-o-war not a cargo ship!
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You mean the Portuguese were bringing Malachite stones back in Portugal and Spain had no idea? lol
I do own a a raw piece, I have it since 2 years now and it is the one of many stones I did not use in my 'workings' mostly because I heard about the asbestos from it...toxic powder... from raw form. I assume as long as I wash my hands after and just don't throw it up and down sort of..I will be fine?