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I'm obsessed with the moon! Really and truly. I'm no photographer by any means, but I love how far technology has come to afford the average user the chance to capture the beauty we see in the world. Night friends! 💜 Chan
EDUCATION THURSDAY: PERIDOT & LUDWIGITE I personally used to hate peridot. It was a stone that I found pretty ugly, if I'm being honest. Over the past year; however, I have found myself growing much more fond of the gem. What initially captivated me was peridot with inclusions of ludwigite. There's a lot of sellers out there that are selling the peridot as "rutile peridot", but that is not what it is. [It is my understanding that rutile developing inside peridot is highly unlikely because the growth conditions required for each mineral are not compatible. Further, G&G (SUMMER 1983) indicated that tests were conducted on peridot specimens at that time and the inclusion of rutile was essentially ruled out.] Ludwigite a magnesium-iron borate mineral and is considered a rare mineral. Ludwigite-vonsenite in peridot from Pakistan was discovered in 1994; a location for which the @giagrams (G&G Winter 2004) reported is the only locale in the world producing this duo. Due to its rarity (and other factors, I'm sure), ludwigite in peridot specimens, gemstones, & jewelry come with a high price tag. (Personally I've seen cut gems alone that are well-over $5,000!) The gemstone in this photograph is one of my gems that have a lower amount of ludwigite inclusions, but I definitely have others that really showcase the incredible inclusions. I would say that if you like unusual and/or rare gems, definitely check this stone out, even if it's not with me. Hope this info was useful! Comment your thoughts! 💚/Chan Please remember that I am still learning so I try to back up what I communicate with research that is not AI generated by Google. #peridot #rareminerals #thursday #fyi #ludwigite #peridotjewelry #crystalcollectors #themoreyouknow
You guys, I can't begin to thank you enough for all of your support over these past few years. I truly never thought that I would be able to grow this much, especially in such a short period of time. While my prices are not the same as they were when I first started, I hope you are able to see the improvement in quality of gems and materials that I now use. Without you guys I wouldn't have been able to come as far as I have, nor would I be able to even dream of finding gems in the quality that I have been finding. I know that times are tough right now and so I just wanted to say thank you to everybody who continues to support me. It really helps when you show up to my lives, tag friends, and make referrals. I have a planned giveaway in the works and will be posting that starting June 1st. It will include collaborations from few other small businesses and I'm very excited about that. But most importantly I really would like to emphasize how grateful I am to all of you. Thank you so much for sticking by me for so long! Love you guys!
Live Wednesday afternoon. Discount live, don't miss it!
I'm not the greatest at selfies and yes I am full on rocking my pajamas whilst wearing the set of earrings I made for myself tonight. I'll have a pair of these in silver this week available for grabs. (Psst, you can always pre-order if you would like).
Thank you so much everybody!
See you guys tonight! Gems on the table tonight include: *Centerpiece set: kyanite & London blue topaz *Moonstone, danburite, & white sapphire *Larimar, blue zircon, & aquamarine *Pink sapphire, chrome diopside, Swiss blue topaz *Pink zircon *Blue zircon *Imperial topaz & danburite *Blue sapphire & white zircon *amethyst, tanzanite, & white zircon *Golden apatite *Kunzite, iolite, & moonstone *Paraiba blue apatite & white sapphire *Blue lace agate, blue spinel, & white topaz *London blue topaz *Prasiolite intaglio
Dioptase & Tsavorite Garnet in 14k rose gold filled wire. The greens though! What do you think?
Moroccan amethyst. I love the barrel wrap but this one is pretty cool too. Barrel on this courtesy of wire art tutorial.
Live tonight! Finally coming back after a whole month. Hope to see you guys tonight!
Been going ham on earrings for Saturday night.
I started these earrings a few days ago. They are in the color of the rainbow and I'm super excited about them. I will post a video soon. Can you give this a like to help bump me in the algorithm?
Today our Bugz joined his best friend (TukTuk). Bugz has helped raise the "turdlings" quite literally taking on a semihumanistic father role to them. He was almost 20 and we have had him since 2008, although technically he was the community cat when we met him in 2007. My heart has been breaking for the last few days because I knew it was time and we honestly thought he was going to have a little more time than our other old boy. He caught us by surprise a bit with a rapid decline. We are very grateful to @sandy_animal_clinic for being so sensitive and attentive in his few visits there. I like to think that my little "Fat Boy" had a good life. He is already missed. Apologies on my continued silence while I take a day to just miss my boy. Loves. Ps, take pics of your pets often AND videos because you just don't realize how valuable those little voices are when you don't get to hear them again.
Like I don't already have 200 amethyst gems but....