#precious stones and gems

[toyastales]

Geology Rocks - Fluorite Crystal

https://toyastales.blogspot.com/2024/11/geology-rocks-fluorite-crystal.html

[hayaku14]

circling back to this hc, kaito steals these just to put it around shinichi's neck 😳

[batu1997kristal]

[coffeexcreamer]

[blondebrainpowered]

Fabergé carved agate bat with demantoid garnet eyes, 1900.

[rileycruel]

[noosphe-re]

https://www.gem-sphalerite.com/faceting-designs

[sesamenom]

Day 6 Traditions for @tolkiengenweek: Arwen embroidering the Gondor standard with strands of hair as a continuation of a family tradition started by Luthien's hair cloak.

I think I might have said something about this before but i can't find the post, so basically my idea is that it's become a family tradition for whoever the current mini-luthien is to sew or weave something with their hair during times of war, usually for the protection or remembrance of a loved one.

for luthien, it's obviously the hair cloak. dior sews some of his hair into the hem of his kids' cloaks just before the sack of doriath. kid elwing, when told of her family's deaths, creates a little memorial tapestry with her hair woven into it. elrond during the last alliance weaves his hair into isildur's cloak and elendil's banner. arwen embroiders the white tree with her hair.

[jagodina888]

My entire crystal collection to this day I have one more on the way and after I get it I will definitely post pictures because it’s absolutely stunning

[moonloredraws]

I forgot to make a graphic for my Kickstarter that actually shows off all available books, but hey, better late than never!!

You can find the link to the Kickstarter in Content Source

[midori1974hijau]

[thoughts-by-anny]

Write what you want to read. This is never more true than when you're deep into editing and have been reading a chapter so often you could probably recite it from memory

[batu1997kristal]

[the-akai-hebi]

I feel like shit so I will post my favorite stones and fossils because they make me happy | PART 1 : FLUORITES

I am on sick leave because of work and stress, my mother makes me even more anxious and you know what? It’s frustrating me, so I’m going to show you my pretty stones

I know, I sound like Steven Stone but you know what ? HE IS RIGHT TO LOVE PRETTY ROCKS AND FOSSILS

especially the fluorites I love fluorites

Just to let you know: I haven’t done ANY studies in the stones (just a gemmology internship of a few days…). I am just a fan of crystals because of my mother, I visit mineral salons as often as possible in France so my knowledge is limited and the terms I use in ENGLISH are surely bad/false. Just to let you know. There, I just want to show my pretty stones and give explanations for little things that I like, that’s all.

And for artists who likes my shitty pictures, you can use them as ref and studies if you want <3 Just show me please because they are my babies kzbfkzhcjakacb

HERE WE GOOOOO

here is my FIRST fluorite! I love that baby so much, because of it color really beautiful, a strong purple that pulls towards the red, as well as the quartz, garnets and tourmalines on it <3 We also clearly see the "cubic" structure of the fluorite, literally resembling a staircase

Know that it is not uncommon to find fluorites that are 'mixed' with other crystals, in particular quartz is quite common!

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Here is a fluorite light yellow with quartz, aragonite and pyrite ! I didn't know THAT mixed was possible (I only knew about quartz and tourmaline) but it's so interesting and pretty <3

And FUN FACT : For a very long time, there were no YELLOW and BLUE fluorites in mineral salons (IN FRANCE), or then very few until 2016-2017 I think? It was really very surprising and I was super happy to see such a stone! I started my collect since 2008 (I was 7), I started mineral salons and shops with my mother since 2010… Just to tell you that my photos are not really in chronological order lol

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a very light blue fluorite with quartz. Very cubic <3

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one of my weirdest and ugliest fluorite... I love this stone so much, because it's really weird and ugly lol it’s an apple-green with a bit of yellow, and I think the orange/pink thing on it is limestone? I don’t really know anymore, I need to find my book but I bought it only because this stone was super weird and ugly lol im sorry

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a yellow fluotine, the crystals are really small and no, it's not quartz ! the white stone on it is calcite !

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a french fluorite <3 I love this one two, because it shows two "forms" of fluorites in one rock : the "cubic" one (white/transparant) and the more "polymorph" one (i don't remember the correct term sorry im depressed)

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AND MOOORRRREEEE FLUORITESSSS

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I love this cutie, because it looks like a georgous maze (purple fluorite) on a plaid (flquartz)

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OMG THIS ONE

I REALLY LOVE THIS CUTIE! YOU KNOW WHY ? Well, first it was my first BLUE fluorite, and did you see the cute little quartz on it ?! THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE FLOWERS OR SNOWFLAKES KGAHCJACGKZBC Really I love this cutie. Really. It's my baby cutie <333333

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I love this fluorite too, because you can see well the "yellow" and "blue" parts. It's wonderful.

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One of my weird little fluorite again <3 The most common fluorites are 'square' and very 'cubic', so seeing one like that immediately caught my attention <3 I looked on the internet and the correct term for this geometrics form is 'truncated octahedron'

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a cute little fluorite with quartz again <3 it looks like a heart <3

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I can't show more pictures because of tumblr's limit! BUT DON'T WORRY! I WILL COME BACK! I WANT TO SHOW MY BABIES TO THE WORLD

PART 2

PART 3

[technicolorfamiliar]

Oh no 🫠