Do you know what a coated gemstone is?
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A tricksy little number to try and photograph… but if you look carefully you may be able to see a metallic sheen on the pavilion facets...
old gemstone blogs
You may not know this about me, but I love sharing information about gemstones... writing about them here lets me share information that will hopefully help you become a more informed gemstone buyer.
Hope you enjoy reading these blogs!
Sally x
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Have you heard of Mookaite jasper?
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it's a beaut!
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What is obsidian...?
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Did you know it is a natural glass!
mahogany obsidian -
Hmmm – blue goldstone… bit like a pink bluebell
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- do they qualify as oxymorons…?
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Fire agate - what a stone!!!
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Fire agate - beautiful, unusual... but a tricksy little devil to try and photograph!
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A garnet...
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but not your usual red variety! Garnets are a large and interesting family…
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Chrysocolla...
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a particularly interesting stone to try and write about because most of us are used to seeing it like this – chrysocolla mixed in with other minerals.
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Another stone with beautiful inclusions
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Tourmalinated Quartz (I struggle to say the word but fortunately have no problems typing it…!).
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These red and green ‘tourmaline’
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look pretty Christmassy don’t they… sadly they aren’t really tourmaline but are synthetic quartz.
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Which one is natural malachite...
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and which one is imitation…
