Jewelry

[SilleeMee]

These smokey quartz 'Twin Brothers' were found in Colorado and weigh over 400 pounds each and are over 4 feet tall. These are the largest intact smokey quartz ever found in N.America. They were donated to the Denver Museum, too. 

The story about the discovery of one of those large crystals is that it was hit by a county road maintenance worker while plowing the dirt road to smooth it out. The blade on the plow hit something hard and the driver got out to inspect the blade and found it had hit something sticking out of the road. History was made.

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@Kachina624    Those crystals from Pakistan are gorgeous and   

                        so perfect.

                       In my rock collection, I have a large, rough piece

                of aquamarine from Maine. But, it does not have the

                clarity or perfect crystal formations as the aquamarine

                in your picture. That is just amazing.

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@SilleeMee   Those are beautiful formations of Amazonite and so pretty with the contrast of smoky topaz.

                     I have one small piece of Amazonite, not even a

               full crystal.   

                   Since I was a small child, I have always collected

               pretty rocks and shells. My mother would  clean my    room and throw them all out. For the past 30 years, I have been purchasing stones and crystals at gem shows and in shops in the Northeast and now online too.

                 It is amazing that such beauty is found in nature.

[wagirl]

I am fascinated by gems and rocks too. I went to Sedona on vaca a few years ago and into a shop of nothing but huge geodes and formations of gems in their host rocks---from tiny to gigantic---inside and outside there were rocks of all descriptions--was so much fun. I took a photo of an enormous clear crystal on the floor that was as long as my leg and wide as my foot!! 

[Kachina624]

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@rockygems123 wrote:

@Kachina624 

Both specimens are beautiful!  Well I learned something new about my adopted state and its state gemstone. 

My sister lives in Tucson and she and many others here in Colorado talk about the Tucson gem show - week or month however long it is.  

You'd have a ball there!

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@rockygems123.  Funny you should mention Tucson.  My sister (from Pa.) and I have talked about meeting there and spending a couple of days shopping rocks.  I could drive and pick her up at the aitrport.

Probably just a pipe dream.

[Kachina624]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

There's this family of Colorado miners who are digging out large gemmy Amazonite with smoky topaz embedded in the specimens they got. I watched a show about their operation and it's really amazing what they are finding. Many of their finds are going to the Denver Museum of Natural History b/c they are worthy of that.

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@SilleeMee. Those are commonly found in the MT. ANTERO/Mt. SHAVANO areas.  I love Amazonite.  It's the exact same color, I discovered, as the water in lakes and rivers in the Canadian Rockies area.  I have a set of pieces from Michael V.

[Desertdi]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

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@rockygems123 wrote:

@Kachina624 

Both specimens are beautiful!  Well I learned something new about my adopted state and its state gemstone. 

My sister lives in Tucson and she and many others here in Colorado talk about the Tucson gem show - week or month however long it is.  

You'd have a ball there!

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@rockygems123.  Funny you should mention Tucson.  My sister (from Pa.) and I have talked about meeting there and spending a couple of days shopping rocks.  I could drive and pick her up at the aitrport.

Probably just a pipe dream.

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@Kachina624     I believe you need a business license to buy anything...

[rockygems123]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

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@rockygems123 wrote:

@Kachina624 

Both specimens are beautiful!  Well I learned something new about my adopted state and its state gemstone. 

My sister lives in Tucson and she and many others here in Colorado talk about the Tucson gem show - week or month however long it is.  

You'd have a ball there!

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@rockygems123.  Funny you should mention Tucson.  My sister (from Pa.) and I have talked about meeting there and spending a couple of days shopping rocks.  I could drive and pick her up at the aitrport.

Probably just a pipe dream.

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@Kachina624 

Wouldn't that be a great adventure?!!

[GinaV24]

that's so cool @SilleeMee thanks for sharing that photo. 

[Margui]

Gorgeous aquamarine.