10 September 2008 – 10:55 am
I both love and hate eBay. On one hand, you can buy anything there. ANYTHING. EBay makes it possible for people to collect absolutely anything that interests them, from anywhere in the world, which is kind of cool. You don’t have to have all the exact same stuff in your house [...]
I was looking at eBay again this morning, and you know what that means – another rant. I’ll try to keep it short.
Here goes.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS COLORED OBSIDIAN!!
If you are still thinking, “yes, but there’s the rare blue obsidian,” READ THE ABOVE AGAIN.
Obsidian is always, always, always black. Sometimes it’s [...]
So you may be sitting there thinking to yourself, “if a sucker is born every minute, that’s a lot of suckers. Gee Elf, how can I make a living off them by selling them crystals?” If you are wondering this, (and who isn’t?), read on!
21 December 2007 – 11:04 am
A new visitor (hi!) asked about how to tell the difference between the baked citrine (heat-treated amethyst), and genuine citrine. I’ll post photos as soon as I can, but in the meantime I think I am familiar enough with them now that I can describe it.
A lot, although not all, of the smoky quartz on the market has been created or “enhanced” through radiation. I found several sites describing this, but this eBay review was the only one I could find with photos of irradiated and natural pieces side-by-side (about halfway down the page). Generally, a very dark [...]