My first ever purchase using Hive as payment!
Two of my grandkids love rocks and minerals as much as I do and for the past several years one of their Christmas gifts from me has been a rock that I have purchased from 
This year, after reading his post about collecting candy opals I contacted him. There weren't any in his shop, but he told me that he would look through his specimens and find two that were in my price range.
Collecting Candy Opals
When he suggested using Hive to pay for my purchase I quickly looked in my wallet to determine if I had enough liquid and within seconds I had completed my Christmas shopping!
We both were feeling good that he didn't have to give Etsy 20%, of the purchase amount.
My package safely arrived yesterday, successfully making the trip from California to Wisconsin.
The opals are beautiful, and I know the kids will love them. I will give them a link to Erik's post so they can learn more about their rocks and see where they came from.
Included in the package, Erik very generously sent along 2 small corundum (ruby/sapphire) specimens from the L.A. mountains. The neat thing about those is they fluoresce really bright under UV light. The kids are going to love them!
Now to get them wrapped and under the tree!
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