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Comment with your favorite stone, and I'll show you a piece of rough. (lemmy.world)
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Let's see how much a variety of rough I have...

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[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Opal, garnet, jade, tiger's eye, malachite

[–] Crylos@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Left to right:

  • opal - both mexican fire and the cabachon type
  • garnet - pyrope
  • tiger's eye

I don't have jade or any malachite.

[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Very interesting how these look so different raw vs polished!