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Kim E. Prehn had just finished serving in the Marine Corps at 29 Palms California as an Electronics Technician(TDCC) in 1980 ,when she got a job as an apprentice goldsmith to the owner of Brooks Jewelers of the same town. Mr. Stockwell -a genius watchmaker and jeweler not only took Kim on as an apprentice ,but also sent her to the Gemological Institute , reimbursing her when she passed the courses for Diamonds, and stone setting. Kim went on after MR. Stockwell retired to take the Colored Stone course and Gem Identification. She then followed her husband who was still in the Marine Corps to the East Coast where she worked with Mr. L.Burrs of Colonial Jewelers in Westminster,MD. After that it was back to California with her Marine husband where she worked at Bailey,Banks & Biddle in Carlsbad as an independant goldsmith. The late 80's brought her back to Maryland where she set up her own business in Westminster,MD. on Main Street.
Kim does her own repair work in the store. Michele Palmieri is her manager who also does restringing, appraisals, and machine engraving.
Kim is also active in the Civil War Living History community working to educate the public in historical settings. the store carries a nice display of Mid-19th c. jewelry as well as a few pieces of earlier items and some into the 20th c..
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Opal is known as one of the the birthstones for October.
The Romans called Opal Cupid Paederos- the child as beautiful as love. and revered it as the symbol of hope & purity. Eastern peoples also held the gem in high esteem, regarding it as a sacred stone embodying the spirit of truth. The Arabs bel;ieved that Opals fell from heaven in flashes of lightning & thus acquired their marvelous colors.
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