HearthCricket
You are sweet! Thank you! I honestly look about me and think I have so much, but I keep looking through books or going to stores and seeing things I haven't a single piece of...and I am talking more general stones. For the longest while I did not have a decent piece of turquoise, then finally our local store brought in a 48.00 chunk and after a few visits it still sat there, I finally bought it. Now it is on my altar. I am so glad I got it because it is the perfect size and doing its job, too! Even though I have always been a rockhound, I sold my collection off long ago, and only in the past three years have I been acquiring crystals and stones for spiritual and healing purposes, so everyone is pretty darn new! Right now I am on the ultimate hunt for pink and blue stones and a nice chunk of rose quartz. I have smaller polished ones and a rose quartz Kwan Yin, owl and angel, but no rough chunks. But this lavender one took my breath away and is gorgeous when you hold it up to the light. A lovely subtle lavender colour. I love it!