[Teachldsseminary] cost of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

[Ken Alford]

To complement Rhonda's interesting message about frankincense and myrrh...

If you do not yet subscribe to the free, weekly [Seminary-Notes] newsletter,
you may be interested to learn that yesterday's newsletter includes pictures
of gold (actually gold-colored coins), frankincense, and myrrh from 
Saudi Arabia.
Those pictures are available online for you to copy and use.  (Additional
background information about gold, frankincense, and myrrh is also available
on the same webpage.)

To find the 21 December 2007 [Seminary-Notes] Newsletter:

      *  Visit www.KenAlford.com
      *  Click on the "Free Newsletter" button or link
      *  Scroll down to the 21 December 2007 newsletter.

Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas!

Ken Alford
Springfield, Virginia


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At 08:49 AM 12/22/2007, you wrote:
>Thought you might like to know, I am currently staying in 
>Doha,Qatar, in the Pursian Gulf.  My husband is working 
>here.  Frankincense and Myrrh are also harvested in Oman and 
>Yemen.  All these countries including Saudi are in our stake.  Myrrh 
>is the more expensive at 6 times the cost of 
>Frankincense.  Frankinsense is Qatar Riyal 20 a kilo; as opposed to 
>Myrrh being QR120. per kilo.   Both are stone like when they dry, 
>but Myrrh is still has a more flexible quatlity and can be broken 
>into smaller pieces.  Frankincense is too hard and more like a 
>stone. Myrrh is a darker colour and Frankincense is lighter 
>colur.  They are burnt like incense and you only need a tiny piece 
>for the odor to go through the house.
>   Rhonda from Downunder


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