Snakes and Stones

[Lord Sorril]

There's a book shop up in the Atlanta area that carries a lot of them, as well as an assortment of other spiritual/religious items and books. I've always wanted to pick one up but the world became the world and I never did.

Yes, it is neat! There was a small shop in my college town that sold imported goods. The singing bowl pictured was the first one I was ever introduced to: I thought it was neat on a science-y level and had to have it...I remember buying a lot of eclectic items as an excuse to visit that store before I asked the shopkeepers daughter on a date, but, that is a completely different story.

[Lord Sorril]

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[Lord Sorril]

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[Lord Sorril]

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I don't see very many people tumble and polish emeralds...tricky material to work with.

[Bogertophis]

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I don't see very many people tumble and polish emeralds...tricky material to work with.

Aren't emeralds supposed to be green? Those look more like turquoise (color-wise)... Nice though, whatever, lol.

[Lord Sorril]

Aren't emeralds supposed to be green? Those look more like turquoise (color-wise)... Nice though, whatever, lol.

Facet grade emeralds are usually green. These are from Brazil (cheap) and they do have a little bit more blue tinge in them. These are not solid emeralds: the grey stuff is a smokey quartz matrix holding the emeralds. I don't think these stones are clear enough to see dichroism (which emeralds have), I think it is just the lighting in the photo.


Image above is of the same material: the first image has an LED light pressed up against it, and the second is at ambient room light.