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I miss SPark, Whippet, Nirvana, LIH… where did they gooooo???? I have missed Cheryl for so long its ridiculous! 🙁
I know that Nirvana’s busy and not feeling so well, and I know that Cheryl’s all right, but I wish the others would stop in and say hi.
Nambroth wrote:Random trivia: Did you guys know that the Windstone peacock color inspiration didn’t come from the bird, but this mineral?
It’s called Peacock ore (or peacock copper) which refers to the minerals Bornite or Chalcopyrite. 🙂Isn’t that stuff neat? I work at a geology museum here in SD and we used to have lots of really nice, vibrant pieces in our gift shop. Unfortunately they all sold in a matter of weeks! We still have little glass bottles full of small pieces, and of course some darn pretty chunks on exhibit display. Makes me wonder what other color patterns could be inspired by minerals…. (wishes she had more PYOs!)
Forever seeking: Blackwatch the raffle Old Warrior, Jennifer Miller's pieces, and GB Baby unis!
Hehe…I just snagged a 2 lb piece of peacock ore on ebay!!! Cool! Another beauty for my collection!
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purplecat wrote:Hehe…I just snagged a 2 lb piece of peacock ore on ebay!!! Cool! Another beauty for my collection!
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Nice deal! It looks lovely. 🙂
I don’t know. I’ve never seen a piece that large before. Usually you just find little chunks and they usually cost $15-25 depending on the color quality…I’m pretty pleased with the find!
I have a large amethyst crystal chunk that’s nearly the same height as my male dragon….I’ve got smaller pieces of malachite, unpolished ammonites in matrix, citrine, agate, moss agate, a large tabular piece of flourite, geode….I’ve actually got several agate specimens…a split and polished 4 inch black moroccan ammonite with chamber crystals…um, there’s probably more but my mind just blanked…
Oh, I just got peacock ore off ebay (duh…). THe pieces I’m looking for are labrodite, rose quartz, smoky quartz, lapis, a large citrine cave, an amethyst cave with deep crystal color and good clarity, I’d love a large boulder opal specimen. I have some small pendant pieces but a large display piece would be awesome…I also need a light version ammonite and I’d like an opalized ammonite for my collection too. I have a fascination with ammonites, they are my favorites in my collection. 😀 I also have several pieces that I really have no clue as to what they may be…other than freaky looking rocks. 😀
Wow, all of those sound awesome. I will have to look up the names of each one, but I love rocks… I think it is because of my Jr.High teacher. He was a awesome teacher and everyone liked him.
I’ll see if I can’t get some pics later…my girls just woke up so naptime’s over 😆 I love my collection because I find it amazing that such beauty is just simply created in the earth, hidden in the dark until we unearth it. In today’s society we get so used to looking at human-created beauty I think we lose sight of the natural at times…it also fascinates me that the earth even preserves beauty that existed so long ago, the world wouldn’t quite be the same if we couldn’t imagine dinosaurs or other creatures that once were. 😀
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