Do you like crystals and semi precious stones ?  

I like Citrine and amethyst as Citrine is good for creativity and I do lot of writing and crafts, and Amethyst is good for relaxing which helps when I have trouble sleeping. I also like moonstone as it's just looks so nice and I actually found out it's meant to be good for stomach problems which I sometimes suffer with.

Hi maximax8,



Oh yes I love crystals and I have lots of them all around the house, we have a shop called Rainbow Healing in town whech I visit quite often and I have tow large rose quartes and two large amertyetis, think I've spelt that wrong and that is my favourite.


Tamara

I find myself more drawn to the semi precious more than to the precious crystals.
I like quartzy things. I especially like the crystals in the rough - like a rock cut in half so the brilliance of the crystal contrasts with the insignificant looking rock.
I like fluorite as well... I also like peridot.
I am also attracted to geodes and other stones.

I used to have a friend who was very interested in crystals and she told me a lot about the different crystals. I before I met her I didn't know much about crystals, I had no idea that there are so many different kinds of crystals, but my friend made me interested in this topic. When I finished high school I received a necklace with a rosa quartz as a present and for many years rosa quartz was my favourite crystal, but I also like other crystals for instanse aventurine, hematite and clear quartz.

My favourite is amethyst, not only for it's beautiful purple colour, which incidentally is my favourite colour, but for its qualities. It's quite a calming stone in fact. I also like citrine... that's a very pretty, sparkly, yellow one.

Brightest Blessings, my friend.

Saviour-V teleports in...

While most would say that diamonds are forever, get me a large emerald, and you'll have a very happy Saviour-V, heh heh.

Of course, I know there's a very large piece sitting in one of the museums in this world, but the likelihood of it "accidentally" falling into my hands?

ABSOLUTE ZERO.

Apart from emeralds, some of my other favourites would be:

1. Amethysts. The word out on these is that the Romans used to crush these to lessen the effects of their alcohol, and generally, these stones have a cooling effect. Even more so when I visited a gems exhibition in Genting Highlands ages ago; the room containing various mineral structures was relatively warm, but the amethyst formation I touched was cool to the touch.

2. Fluorites. Now here's a point to consider. Aside from being a so-called healing stone, this particular mineral glows in the dark, too. And somewhere in someone's collection (a rich Chinese businessman / rare gems explorer), there's a 3-tonne fluorite orb. When I examined that particular piece at that gems exhibition, I noticed that there were lots of blocky formations within the globe, possibly more fluorite deposits. And when they turned off the lights, the thing just glowed as if it was the natural thing to do. It was breathtaking.

And the receptionists of that exhibition told me that the guy who brought that piece in wore nothing more than a simple vest, a pair of shorts, and some flip-flops. Very humbly-dressed, and yet it was HIM who lent out that globe. I'd like to meet the guy sometime.

3. Ammonites. There's a large nautilus shell going for about roughly 20,000 Malaysian Ringgit (about roughly 5,400 US Dollars), and that particular shell, filled with ammonite deposits is currently on display at one of the jewellers here in my neighbourhood. While the shell itself may not initially seem like much to look at, a well-cut ammonite brings out many interesting and vibrant colours.

But I'd buy the shell just for the sake of keeping a slice of well-preserved history...^_^

As long as it's far from any form of salt water (sweat inclusive), which could ruin it.

And....that's a few I love, but I'm sure I'd find some really interesting gems sooner or later. Ladies, take note: if you really want to bowl me over, get me an emerald ring! ^_~

Saviour-V grins, and teleports out...