Favorite Gemstone…

[Bob]

Maplecarver wrote:

Man, that’s a lovely choice for a ring. And just a tiny bit off the beaten path which is cool. 😉

My favorite gem is a Ruby, (also birthstone)

but for the semi-precious, I like natural non-heat treated Citrine, Jet, Labradorite, Rose Quartz and have a weak spot for Fire Agates and whatever’s green and native to California. Long list. Love the shinies. 😆
I’m a July Ruby also
Where are you in the East Bay?? I work in San Ramon

[Kristen]

nightcrow wrote:

I always end up liking weird minerals no one has heard of.

I do love opals, especially the ones with highly-changing, blue-green fire. I love blue and green sapphires, and star sapphires as well. Hematite is also way up on my list.

Topaz is another favorite (the golden kind, not the blue; “topaz” to me is always yellowy). It’s hard to find in silver settings, but I love it that way! (I just Don’t Do gold, never have.) Pretty much everything else on my “favorites” list is in the green to purple side of the spectrum; I’ve never cared for red or orange, and I’m picky about my yellows.

Of those eccentric never-heard-of minerals, well, go skim Ebay for some good examples of these:

Tourmaline, kyanite, and apatite, in the blue-green shades; Tanzanite and iolite in the blue-violet range; aquamarine, too. And there’s a gorgeous light blue chalcedony up on Ebay right now… 🙂

Bwahaha! I know what all of those are… once upon the time, I knew their chemical formulas and structures too, but… inorganic chem II was a long time ago…

[twindragonsmum]

Dragon87 wrote:

nightcrow wrote:

I always end up liking weird minerals no one has heard of.

I do love opals, especially the ones with highly-changing, blue-green fire. I love blue and green sapphires, and star sapphires as well. Hematite is also way up on my list.

Topaz is another favorite (the golden kind, not the blue; “topaz” to me is always yellowy). It’s hard to find in silver settings, but I love it that way! (I just Don’t Do gold, never have.) Pretty much everything else on my “favorites” list is in the green to purple side of the spectrum; I’ve never cared for red or orange, and I’m picky about my yellows.

Of those eccentric never-heard-of minerals, well, go skim Ebay for some good examples of these:

Tourmaline, kyanite, and apatite, in the blue-green shades; Tanzanite and iolite in the blue-violet range; aquamarine, too. And there’s a gorgeous light blue chalcedony up on Ebay right now… 🙂

Bwahaha! I know what all of those are… once upon the time, I knew their chemical formulas and structures too, but… inorganic chem II was a long time ago…

I know those too and love ’em all! You have good taste, nightcrow… *Imperial Topaz is one of my favs as well as me boyohs birthstone… Yum!*

twindragonsmum 😀

tdm

[Jennifer]

nightcrow wrote:

Of those eccentric never-heard-of minerals, well, go skim Ebay for some good examples of these:

Tourmaline, kyanite, and apatite, in the blue-green shades; Tanzanite and iolite in the blue-violet range; aquamarine, too. And there’s a gorgeous light blue chalcedony up on Ebay right now… 🙂

I know what all of those are. I actually have some of nearly all those (though tanzanite is too rich for my budget) to work with into jewelry, or set into Windstones..!
I have a wonderful light blue chalcedony cab here waiting for my next shipment of silver to arrive…

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