semi precious stone

Gemstone

@sishy7 (27167)

Australia

May 5, 2016 3:41am CST

# 20 Over the years, I became interested in collecting semi-precious stones. The picture is just some of them I currently have. There are some opals, jade, and other stones I also have. There are some that I have them made into a piece of jewelry like rings, bracelets or pendants. Yet, there are also some that I have given to others as gifts. The deep blue ones pictured are called Lapis Lazuli. I especially had my eyes on the one on the right as it has some gold-colored streaks on it. The other one also has some sparkles especially when I put them up against a light. These pretty rocks came from Afghanistan. The one in the middle is called Zebra Rock. I had a bubble talking about it in length. Basically, it is a rare and rather distinctive reddish-brown and white-banded rock which mines can only be found in certain region of Western Australia. The other two stones are called Jasper. The one on the top is probably commonly known as red jasper, but I still love the distinct shade of this one - perhaps a blend of red, pink and brownish colors. The one on the bottom is known as ocean jasper or technically it is an orbicular jasper - a jasper rock with variable-colored orbs or spherical zones from Madagascar. I love how each one of these stones is unique. I've been told how they are also used for healing therapies and have some metaphysical properties with certain uses and meanings. I don't even go into those things - I simply enjoy looking at their natural beauties...

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@much2say (54804)

• Los Angeles, California

5 May 16

So beautiful! How do you store/display them? I love looking at gemstone collections at museums . . . like at the Natural History Museum out here (the one by USC). It's amazing what designs nature came up with all on her own!

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 May 16

Yes, there must be some amazing displays in there... I don't really display them, just store them in jewelry bags or boxes and take them out when I feel like looking at them...

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@much2say (54804)

• Los Angeles, California

6 May 16

@sishy7 We don't have fancy stones, but my son LOVES taking shiny rocks to hold and bunch up and pour - he loves the feel and sound of them. That's neat too that you've made jewelry pieces out of some of yours!

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@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

5 May 16

i didn't know about afghanistan and madagascar having semiprecious stone/gemstones

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 May 16

especially Afghanistan is quite known even for precious gemstone like emeralds...

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@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

6 May 16

I love topaz, turquoise, tiger's eye, and hematite myself.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 May 16

Hematite... hmm, I've heard it's one of the crystals with known healing and metaphysical properties...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

6 May 16

@Jessicalynnt oh okay... I don't think I have one of those in my collection...

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@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

6 May 16

@sishy7 it is often considered well a battery or storage type stone, used to hold energy or spells

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@Fleura (29677)

• United Kingdom

5 May 16

I love those stones too. My favourite, I think, is tiger's eye, but I also love opals (Australia is famous for opals isn't it?)

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 May 16

yes, Australian opals are quite well-known... I have a tiger's eye among my collection, it's brownish with some black colors...

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@TheHorse (214031)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 May 16

Like you, I love natural beauty, though right now I'm mostly into wood. Do you have one of those tumblers, or whatever it is, that polishes up the stones?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

7 May 16

The zebra rock looks closest to wood... Oh no, I'm not that intense of a collector... Just an amateur one, I'd say, a casual one who collects just for pleasure - so mostly what I have are all polished up already...

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@TheHorse (214031)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 May 16

@sishy7 Ah. I like pretty rocks too. I actually had a "rock collection" as a kid. I think that was fairly common in my day--one of those "toys" (a box full of small rocks, glued down, with labels) that has educational value.

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@DaddyEvil (137232)

• United States

24 May 16

@TheHorse Pretty has a tumbler. We bought it when she was eight or nine years old. I sure got tired of hearing it running night and day, so we built a small shed to house it. IDK if she still uses it or not, since I can't hear it unless I go in the shed.

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@thelme55 (76645)

• Germany

10 May 16

I love gemstones, too. I have a few collections and they are beautiful. I love the lavender color gem but I forgot the name of it. Now, I have to check where my gemstones are.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

11 May 16

Chalcedony comes in various colors including light purple or lavender ones. Amethyst is probably the more common gemstone with violet shades but it is probably closer to purple instead of lavender color...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

11 May 16

@thelme55 wow, that is huge! I hope you'll find them wherever they are...

@thelme55 (76645)

• Germany

11 May 16

@sishy7 thank you. That was Amethyst. I have that almost as big as my fist.

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@youless (112358)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Mar 17

Your stones are very beautiful. Where did you find them? Is it easy? Actualy I have a big stone which looks like a pork. Since it looks interesting, so I bought it. I also have some "rain-flower" stones which I bought from Nanjing long time ago. It is hard for me to pick up a special stone from the ground here

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

13 Mar 17

I also bought those from various places around Australia. I wonder what "rain-flower" stones are - they sound interesting...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

13 Mar 17

@youless Oh, thanks for that... Wow, they are beautiful... That's a neat idea to charge what we can grab - I imagine it would be hard to choose which to buy one by one as each one is unique.

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@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

11 May 16

Beautiful stones. I do not really collect anything.. I like piggy banks though?

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@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

11 May 16

@sishy7 Wow life size piggy bank of a huge rooster hehe. I like piggy banks

I have quite a lot just no $ inside lol!

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

11 May 16

Oh, you collect piggy banks? How fun! My son used to have a huge rooster one when we lived in Indonesia. It was handmade (from clay, I think?) and it was life-sized...

... Not sure what happened to it when we left many years ago...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

11 May 16

@infatuatedbby Just put your spare quarters, dimes, nickels, and even pennies you get as change in them... They'll get filled up eventually...

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 May 16

They are lovely . They must have cost much .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 May 16

@sishy7 Yes, specially the diamond .

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

10 May 16

@SIMPLYD Now, that is a whole different kind of gemstone... That would NOT be considered semi-precious anymore. And perhaps even the most precious out of them all...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

10 May 16

Some cost more than the others...

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@Shavkat (137762)

• Philippines

5 May 16

You have a unique way of collections. I heard they have healing powers. It is nice also for beautification in the house.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 May 16

yes, something like the zebra rock is soft enough to be carved into different shapes for decorations.

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@Christianna (111)

• Bedford, Texas

5 May 16

I l like colorful gemstones and those are so pretty.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 May 16

some are not too colorful but even those are pretty and have their own uniqueness...

@mavlana (1019)

• India

11 May 16

They are beautiful. ..though Inever collected them...but yes they have some properties and special reasons behind their names.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

11 May 16

I heard about that... Are you familiar with the properties and meanings?

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@mavlana (1019)

• India

11 May 16

@sishy7 yess..but a very few and that too only meaning.

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@pinkCardigangirl (587)

• United States

5 May 16

I'm not a collector of stones, but they are neat to look at. They're all unique with their own marks. Where did you purchase all of your stones?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 May 16

I got them at different places... many of them I got from Australia, but there are some that I got from the States and on my travels around Asia...

@syeow1 (5136)

• India

11 Mar 17

Those looks great..I have opal according to zodaic.but I did not wear.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

11 Mar 17

I love opals - Australia produces most of the world's opals. I'm guessing you're a Libra?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

12 Mar 17

@syeow1 I'm a hard-headed bull...

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@syeow1 (5136)

• India

12 Mar 17

@sishy7 no Gemini.. And you

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@xstitcher (31602)

• Petaluma, California

9 May 16

Those are lovely. Thank you for sharing. :) My favorite stone is an opal. :)

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

10 May 16

The first time I fell in love with these stones was when I saw some opals...

@Tampa_girl7 (49864)

• United States

18 May 16

They are really pretty.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

19 May 16

Thank you! Yes, they are...

@Marilynda1225 (81807)

• United States

9 May 16

You have a very interesting collection of gems & I love the blue ones

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

10 May 16

I do too... Lapis Lazulis have such intensely deep blue - they're so pretty!

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

6 May 16

I like collecting colored stones when at the beach but don't know if they are semi-precious ones like the ones you have. I read that they have healing or some "energy" that give good vibes.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

7 May 16

You'll never know - perhaps there are some semi-precious ones that got washed up at the beach...

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@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

7 May 16

@sishy7 there could be.

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@BlissfullySilent (476)

• India

19 May 16

Beautiful! Do you plan on making something out of them like a necklace or something?

or you could always make like a display set...

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

19 May 16

yeah, I think I'll have the zebra rock made as a pendant next time I have a chance...

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@rachz_kisses (3839)

• Philippines

12 Jun 16

Wow. They are so beautiful.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

12 Jun 16

thanks! I just love how each one is always different...

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