Anyone Collect Gems or Minerals??

[justablunttool]

I forgot to mention, mriko that ruby looks nice, not too opaque and nice colour. Lightning Ridge in N.S.W. is where the best black opal is found, they can be amazing all the colours of the rainbow, vibrant and on a jet black background. Also very valuable, many large ones are worth millions, but they are rare. I've known miners to work for over a year for little return. Sadly N.S.W. doesn't have the tourist friendly laws Queensland has so it's not as easy to find your own gems there.

 

[DIDM]

yep, I have a pretty big collection. I have a lot of friends that go to Tuscon every year and they grab me things they know I'll like. My good friend is also into making wire rapped jewelry, and I collect them as well.

 

[Builtaforest]

Cool share everyone

 

[anchient]

i collect, and had alot of collections. i started with indian relects. when i was about 15. then fossil's then jems
and minerals. have had to sell a few times. great hobbie, teaches you alot!

 

[DIDM]

here is a piece of Ocean Jasper I got a few years back

from all sides of a cube

 

[DIDM]

last side

 

[DIDM]

here are some more


my gun case, walking through an airport with this is pretty funny

perfectly clear Aquamarine

 

[DIDM]

my green capped tourmaline (sort of a Watermelon, but very faint)

and shaped like a heart

 

[DIDM]

DT smokey

with an enhydro

a cluster of Apotholite, Calcite, and I forget

 

[DIDM]

my wizard wand tip

smokey rod into a fluorite core, and spirit amethyst termination

 

[Littleleaf]

oxalic acid bath for quartz will get the red out.

 

[DIDM]

lemurian quartz

triple terminated lemurian that has been in a planter with a house plant, so it is dirty, but it is clear and has an enhydro

 

[DIDM]

sorry, but the more I look at this, it is becoming my favorite picture. I wasn't even trying, but damn it is cool

 

[DIDM]

and oh yea, some things have been on a house plant pot for years, they need a cleaning, but lemurians are found in dirt

 

[DIDM]

some say the history of the galaxy is written on these gems, you can see a type of "writing" or code on all of them. Computers use a lot of quartz and many believe that it is basically like a disk drive. They seriously do not belong where they are found, so how did they get there?

 

[Jaymer]

diamonds, diamonds, diamonds, i might go wild and snort a line one night

 

[Jaymer]

 

[Builtaforest]

Makin it snow on us

 

[dbuzz]

which one of you own this tshirt?

 

[GOOROO]