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Luz Opal with Galaxy Inside
1. Luz Opal with Galaxy Inside
2. Sunset Fire Opal
3. Ocean inside an Opal
4. Bismuth
5. Lightning Ridge Black Opal
6. Opal Fossil
7. Rose Quartz Geode
8. Azurite
9. Burmese Tourmaline
10. Fluorite
11. Titanium Quartz
12. Worlds Biggest Amethyst Geode - "The Empress of Uruguay"
You know you've been playing NMS too long when you see this and think "vortex cube!"
13. Rhodochrosite
14. Scolecite
15. Chrysocolla in Malachite
16. Realgar on Calcite
17. Fluorite/Quartz/Pyrite Combo
18. Cobaltocalcite
19. Peruvian Blue Opal
20. Opalised Ammonite
21. Esquel Pallasite
22. Obsidian
23. Peacock Coal
24. Wulfenite
VincentTruong
#10 Fluorite minecraft block
capodanno
ireallyshouldbedoingsomethingelserightnow
Opals, moonstones, and other milky, transglucent gems with rainbow hues are my favorite things <3
OSCgal
Those plus mother-of-pearl and abalone!
HotSkittyonWailordAction
The problem is all of these are both much larger and much more fragile than diamonds. While I agree, your comparison is incredibly flawed.
BlueKarat
Plus beauty being entirely subjective too.
NeverShaveYourDuck
No Labradorite?
Campcirclejerk
An opalized omanyte? Never saw that shiny pokemon
Ohgodtheyrealltaken
BrontTheGoodBoy
#13 Finally, a Rubik's cube I can solve.
PhranksNBeenz
Can someone please tell Marie exactly what these are, she keeps calling them rocks.
MissSpelledTattoo
advancedape
"Wheelchair"
mildlyamusing
The star of the show
PineconesAndGravy
Who's Marie?
Odiin46
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TheOlsenTwins
What a stupid question, you should be ashamed of yourself. Go watch Breaking Bad right now.
Applecrack
This makes me rock hard.
GregoriusDaneli
OUT OF NOWHERE, IT'S FUCKING FELDSPAR!
TerriMessy
Stunning. But you mislabled #22, that's the Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone for the Americans)
Callistan
Dragonglass
LordRytyr
geology rocks!
cannonfodder1503
5+ of these are opals wtf you playing here?
EmeraldN
You forgot aquamarine: http://imgur.com/Oz1anXe
asliceofbread
I'd way rather have my wedding ring bedazzled by these beauties than by a diamond
Camelslayer
I mean, diamonds are pretty boring. They're valuable, that's about it.
justtheendoftheworld
The last one looks like a Dorito.
LordCowBell
Eggs and bacon
dogluchador
Your comment was the only reason I kept going
HiMyNameIsSavage
Same!
DrPizzazz
Doritos are triangular?
WaterForTheWaterHungry
Paradot
TheOnionNinja
i really want to argue with this but i can't
60FPSDoggo
If that is A dorito then what fucking doritos do you have i want some
Emperorofman
You still haven't recovered from 420 I see
pilviveikkohuovinen
Everything looks like a Dorito when you're high enough
ShittyMcFartPoop
You don't fool us, #7 is an alien egg!
ASarcasticCthulhu
How do I save that gif
mirasore24
We are the Crystal Gems. We'll always save the day!
OriginalPosetr
And if you think we can't, we'll, always find a way!
Blissfulshadows
That's why the people of this world believe in
IMadeThisAccountSoIWouldHaveAnAccount
Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl
Pizzaforeternity
And Steven!
ForSomeAbstractReason
If you could only know, what we really are. When we arrived on Earth, from out beyond your stars.
KruziikVokunStaadnau
Oh! a repost!
MayonnaiseMayonnaiseMayonnaise
Thank god someone else noticed
isiteight
Love these more, but only went for diamond for my engagement ring because I'm clumsy and that's the only thing that I probably won't destroy
OSCgal
Understandable. Sapphire might've worked, too, in case you ever want another ring. (Just don't do opal.)
monkeyfish26
Glass door smashed my opal 2 days post wedding...as SO pointed out we were no longer engaged anyway! 2 opals later got London Topaz instead.
OSCgal
Oh no! I'd be heartbroken.
esracoon
probably noone will see this but here is a boulder opal from my collection (grid is 1/4")
Xareas
ImSimplyAChairLeg
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esracoon
thankies \o
2007yaris
I bought my wife an awesome fossil opal necklace when we were in Australia. I'll have to post a picture of it.
esracoon
opals are awesome. do it!
2007yaris
I think it may be a slice of a boulder opal, after looking at yours and then taking the picture of it.
2007yaris
I agree as far as opals like this look, but when they are just polished milky white opals, not so much. That's what I like hers so much!
2007yaris
And I have no idea how to share anything from my phone anymore!
2007yaris
Hopefully this works. https://imgur.com/mgNeBxW
esracoon
that's neat. it may even be matrix opal. i really can't tell the difference between the two. they both fill voids in sand/ironstone.
2007yaris
I wish the picture did it a bit more justice, it's so cool. By far my favorite piece of jewelry I've ever bought her, and that includes 1/2
joeyvelour
Nice stones
stoplookingstartjumping
JethroTull1
The bizmuth and titanium quartz are man made...not how you find them in nature
letsnotgothere
I was looking for this one, thanks hop373
KimmyGrangerLikesItRough
What do they look like naturally? I've always been curious every time I see the pic of bizmuth
geolady
No such thing as "natural" titanium quartz.
geolady
Native bismuth: http://theodoregray.com/periodictable/Samples/083.x1/s15s.JPG
KimmyGrangerLikesItRough
It is cool but not lab grown cool
TopCommenter
Still neat.
OkramTheBarbarian
Its cornery
CaverExtrordinaire
#6 #7 #9 #13 #21 are all labelled wrong
CaverExtrordinaire
Mineral, Crystal and jewellery wholesaler here btw
Winterhathcome
Actual names? I thought that #6 seemed right. Guy who took 1 geology class once here :P.
CaverExtrordinaire
Thats boulder opal
oodlemynoodle
What are the correct names? Ill try to update the post
CaverExtrordinaire
#6 boulder opal #7 rhodochrosite #9 website tourmaline #13 is cinnabar I think and #21 is a slice of stoney iron meteorite
ignimbrite
Don't think crystalline cinnabar has a cleavage pattern like that.
CaverExtrordinaire
9 is elbaite I meant. Autocorrect doesn't do minerals
OSCgal
#6 isn't opal that formed inside fossilized wood?
sciencetothefrontpage
#13 is literally on the front cover of my mineralogy book. Rhodochrosite is correct.
sheanar
Your username is very relevant.
ZebraCockSandwich
you and I may have the same Mineralogy book. >.>
KimmyGrangerLikesItRough
Yeah I googled both and I'm with you but they are pretty similar hey
IFUCKINGHATEFRACTALS
And Steven!
RomeoKilo125
All I could think as I was scrolling was that here was going to be a Steven shot at the bottom as a punch line.
thenovxnova
And Josef
Fiss
PepperDank
i fell out of my chair
IDoAnalOnTheFirstDate
*Deep Inhale* WE
WaterForTheWaterHungry
Are
Entari0
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN, NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU!!!
andthelordsaid
Thanks for playing!
NotACanadian
THE CRYSTAL
Kskiz0rs
GEMS!
NotACanadian
We ALWAYS save the day!
WaterForTheWaterHungry
The
WaterForTheWaterHungry
Crystal
WaterForTheWaterHungry
Gems,
MostOfTheTimeMyGifsAreBetterThanYours
Diamonds are not special so. They keep being expensive cause of a scam thats all.
jqdao3
Ok cool, try proposing with one of the other gems on this list. Let me know how it goes.
Lucallia
I'll take a high grade gaming computer over a ring for a proposal.
EroticZombiePants
Diamonds are one of the hardest materials in existence. Still a scam though. If I were a woman, I'd prefer a more colorful ring anyway.
Hypercube9
That's why you have to ask for "blood diamonds"! Those are the best & they're super-hard to find too!
TonyFriendly
That's just mean
FancyPayne
I prefer Mythril
vegivamp
That's a metal, though, not a mineral.
itsrainingbears
But if you cut any of these into small enough pieces for a ring, most of them would look pretty boring.
NavalTradition
It's because they're hard, makes them the best jewels for rings and whatnot.
MrBoomBoomRoom
Exactly Diamonds are you totally worthless just monopolize
thecolonels
Its the same stratagy i use to get women.
DoesItDo
Can't cheat on you if there's nobody alive left to cheat with.
Yamaraja666
Red diamonds are one of the rarest gems. So meh... Some diamonds are truly rare. Brown yellow and clear are not rare at all.
mkingi
Blue diamonds are pretty rare, and they're awesome because of their phosphorescence (briefly glows in the dark!)
KnifeKnut
IKR, marketing industrial grade diamonds as "Chocolate" diamonds!
FireAndEarth
The company I worked for got an order to do alternating black and white diamonds. Called them "tuxedo" or "penguin" diamonds in house.
BlueKarat
I like colors more than the clear ones and know yellow are impurities, so I opt for sapphires when looking at stones.
Yamaraja666
Diamonds come in blue purple green and red. Red being the rarest.
BlueKarat
Congrats? Cost is still a very relevant part of all of this.
FireAndEarth
Color in sapphires is also caused by impurities.
BlueKarat
Yeah there's nothing wrong with it imo I just knew that diamonds being yellow were because of that since it's common information
lordstinkynuts
Their hardness is great for jewelry, other gems are likely to get sratched easier
Callistan
Sapphire and ruby rank just below diamond on the Mohs scale.
BlueKarat
Which is why I opt for them. Diamonds are great if you want impervious stones, corundum is nearly the same so fair compromise imo
BlueKarat
The inflation to jump to a diamond due to artificial rarity or marketing is a complete rip off and can't justify it.
Jagadid
Mossianite is at least as hard.
silver7017
Moissanite is a 9.5, diamond is 10. that said, for all practical purposes moissanite is just as good, looks better, and is cheaper.
vindik8or
Nah, it's softer than diamond, but harder than most other stuff.
Jagadid
Ah, then it's 1 point lower, but 1 point higher on luster.
vindik8or
It's 0.5 difference on the mohs scale of hardness. There isn't a lustre scale.
OSCgal
Yes, exactly! There are many beautiful stones that flake or crack or scratch or react to everyday materials. Diamonds don't.
Lonehoof
But they shouldn't cost thousands, especially when they're rather abundant and easy to manufacture.
OSCgal
I agree. Just making the point that beauty isn't the only thing a stone needs to be used in jewelry.
BlueKarat
Corundum or miossanite? Gonna be hard pressed to damage those. much easier than diamonds. And they come without the cost
OSCgal
Well sure. Lab-created stones too - the bias against those is silly. Just saying that not all pretty stones are suited to jewelry.
BlueKarat
I feel most aren't. I wouldn't really go with anything softer than corundum just on the grounds of durability alone.
upvotehypnotoad
They aren't rare, but *are* special amongst stones for hardness. Best use is industrial cutting tho, not for jewelry.
zxYloouGo
And we can make ones for industrial purposes now anyway
upvotehypnotoad
We can make small ones, not big ones for large blades / drilling
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
False
MarkGuy
Diamonds shine brighter than any other mineral when they're cut right due to a very high refractive index. That's why they're popular
MostOfTheTimeMyGifsAreBetterThanYours
No they are popular cause of the diamond scam. https://www.exposingtruth.com/diamond-engagement-ring-greatest-marketing-scam-history/
CertifiedAgreer
I thought they're expensive because of the scam
MostOfTheTimeMyGifsAreBetterThanYours
works both ways. so expensive and popular cause dumb people think they are rare.
Sasuuni
Because of the high price. Dumb people wouldn't think they were rare if you could get them for the same price as your lunch.
Strikyre
And yet hematite has a higher refractive index. And is considered semi-precious. No, it's the brilliant marketing racket of De Beers.
ozjuggler
De Beers conrol less than 40% of the market today. Their old monopoly is over. A jeweller told me that.
FireAndEarth
Poor argument on the refractive index, refraction in gems results in "sparkle". so hematite having an R.I. higher than diamond is 1/?
FireAndEarth
Pointless, as it isn't transparent. Now I will openly admit that the value of standard diamonds is grossly inflated, but there are better2/?
FireAndEarth
Stones to use in your argument than that.
FireAndEarth
My biggest complaint about most all of these is their almost complete lack of durability. Beautiful as some of them are, as a jeweler, 1/2
FireAndEarth
I can't really appreciate them without thinking about how soft or fragile they are. Or heat / chemical sensitive.
PerfectSphere
Maybe you're not meant to fuck around with something that already looks perfect
CarbonMantis
I pity the jeweler who tries to facet something like realgar.
FireAndEarth
*shudder*
BlueKarat
Yeah, even if they look better it's not like you just buy a diamond to sit on your desk, ya know? I opt for corundum over diamond personally
BlueKarat
I feel it's a fair compromise with the stark price difference and being nearly as hard.
FireAndEarth
Always a good choice, ruby or sapphire? I'm a fan of some varieties of tourmaline, myself.
BlueKarat
Sapphire since I'm not the biggest fan of red and everything not red I've seen has been called sapphire (unaware if there's more difference)
FireAndEarth
In simplest terms, rubys are red, sapphires are, well, everything else. Literally every color of the spectrum.
YeahICanHearYouClemFandango
Jeweler friend, what is your opinion on moissanite? Good for enegement rings? I imagine that since there so hard they're not easily damaged?
FireAndEarth
I'm a bit of a snob, I can't bring myself to recommend a synthetic stone like moissanite. My recommendation is to go diamond if you must,
FireAndEarth
Or even better, go for a colored stone. It unlocks so many options.
YeahICanHearYouClemFandango
Because it's lab grown, or...? Just asking for reasons. I think the fire this give off is quite pretty.
FireAndEarth
Yeah, because it's lab grown. Like I said, a bit of a snob.
YourMumKnowsMe
What ia wrong with synthetic? They look EXACTLY the same?
FireAndEarth
Did you not see the "bit of a snob" disclaimer? I strongly prefer natural stones, if you don't mind something made in a lab, go for it.
FireAndEarth
To a jeweler, they don't look the same.