What's your favourite crystal/gem/precious stone!!

Ninamagic said:

OHHHH... do you actually own an Alexandrite????
I'm almost dying to get one but they are extremely expensive here

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Nina

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I do have an Alexandrite! And it is natural...alas it was very very expensive!
Because it was an alternate birthstone for June (Pearl is ok...but...)I had to have one! With help from a friend who frequents gem shows... I hunted one down.

Mine is so tiny it is actually smaller than the head of a pin!

But you can see it turn from a garnety red to a dazzling green! and once it bacame sort of purpley!

One of the coolest stones ever!

and if you get the lab created versions...those change color as well!

Chronata said:

lab created versions

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I didn't know...
I don't think I would want such one..... how do you know when it is natural?

my favorite stones

Ruby...rainbow moonstone

Ninamagic said:

I didn't know...
I don't think I would want such one..... how do you know when it is natural?

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Lab created gem stones look almost perfect but are much less expensive. A lab created stone is one made in a lab under the same situations a natural stone is formed. It's a controlled and sped up process and that is why it costs much less. They are very beautiful still!

Not only are synthetic stones beautiful, but I find they work well for me. Not quite as good as natural, but nearly and at a fraction of the cost. However, they do need to have a crystaline structure similar to the natural stone, imo.

Since I'm a total sucker for anything sparkly, I love CZ's as a substitute for diamond (which I also have). They are about as good as zircon, I find, and much less expensive. And since their refractive index is actually higher than a diamond's, they are very energetic.

I agree that the complete clairity of a synthetic stone is give-away regarding natural versus synthetic. But you have to have a loupe to see the difference. A synthetic will be "loupe clear." And if you are getting a loupe clear stone at a low price, you are not getting the real thing. Remember the old saying.... if it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't.

My favorite is Amethyst.

Followed by: Moonstone, Rose Quartz and Turqouise.

Currently my favs are: Larimar, Star Ruby, Golden Obsidian.

Favorite Precious Stones

That would be, right now, my Super 7 in a close tie with my Amethyst.

Hmm... tough question!

Probably either hematite, malachite, fluorite, or charoite, depending on my mood.

Dominican LarimarsI have bought many..
it looks like blue ocean.