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Jul. 11th, 2011
Unappreciated rock of the day: Vanadinite
Jul. 11th, 2011 06:43 pmThis vanadinite crystal specimen marks a symbolic end to my collecting days. ( Read more... )
Citrine is as beautiful as the sun but also as common as mud, and one of the first crystal specimens I owned. One of my pieces broke quite spectacularly in The Great Shelf Collapse, and I found its loss deeply upsetting. Today I took out the pieces for a photoshoot to see if I could recapture some of the original magic, and much to my delight I did.
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Tiger iron is lovely stuff in either small or large doses. Small doses tend to be less expensive.
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