Received the Owl

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

I received one piece of mail today - the owl. Intellectually, I know that mother nature marks gemstones in her own unique way. Emotionally, I'm struggling with the marks she put on my jasper owl belly.

Here's a picture - when I look at it, I can't get past that it looks like someone took an ink pen and scribbled on it.

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There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

Pagan · ‎03-27-2010

Oh no! I was rooting for you and your owl too.

If it were me, I'd risk returning i and trying again.

I have the 'sincerely' cuff with this stone and I regret not returning mine for the same reason. I still wear it but every time I look at it, I wish one of the stones didn't have those markings.

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

So you can see what I am talking about Pagan? I put the owl on her new leather cord and my eyes go straight to the marks. I was so hoping for caramel or brown swirls

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

Haca · ‎03-15-2013

Hi bird mama! Oh he is so cute with his blue eyes and little beak. Are black markings typical of some picture jasper? I don't know that much of the stone and none of the ones they showed on air had these markings. It would not bother me since this is natural stone but if you cannot live with it I would go ahead and order another one. S/H rates are good for another two days. Then you can compare both those little creatures and keep what you like best. He is awfully cute though.

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

Haca, I have a picture jasper bracelet - I will take a picture of that and post it in a few minutes. For that bracelet, there are rings of picture jasper that have all sorts of different marks which more or less go together. The picture jasper is this owl is such a focal point to me that it stands out. If I use the Q's label - return S/H will cost 6.95. Apparently the discount is one-way (lol)

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

ennui1 · ‎06-23-2013

I think the black squiggles are common, so you may get the same thing on the second owl.

Tan and Cream Jasper

lolakimono · ‎03-29-2012

Well, here is the one on the site.

American West Sterling Owl Gemstone Enhancer

It's wait list only, so I guess you either learn to love it or send it back. ${#emotions_dlg.unsure}$

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

I have this picture jasper bracelet. Each link is delightfully irregular, which creates a consistent theme in the piece.

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Don't feel too bad for me. I do have this yellow calcite bird

Man this could be ginormous - I am not that good with cropping and resizing using photobucket ${#emotions_dlg.blushing}$

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There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

Bird mama · ‎03-12-2010

I'm an idiot - you delete a photo from your bucket and it disappears from a post. This is why my husband was the family photographer .

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

cooking lady · ‎12-07-2011

Well -- while mine doesn't look like the one on the site - mine is much lighter but does have some black and darker brown striations in it - I love it and usually not much bothers me about stones of this kind because they are all going to be different - but I do see your point - so if it really bothers you - it's probably not worth keeping - so sorry!