Tag Archives: fake crystals

More on citrine, the one where I am a liar

20 December 2007 – 8:51 am

When I said in an older post that I had never handled natural citrine… that turns out not to have been, um, entirely accurate. Since I didn’t know what citrine was, I had a few in my keeping and didn’t know it. In fact, one of them is a chipped, included point that [...]

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More on fake crystals

26 June 2007 – 4:10 pm

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 [...]

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Buddha Naga Eye Amulet Relic and other eBay fun

20 June 2007 – 6:33 pm

I think my favorite of the fake crystals I have found so far are the “naga eye relics” on eBay. Well, that’s the simplified name. Usually they are “RARE naga eye thai buddha lingam healing relic amulet,” in any order. Samples here and here. In the descriptions they tend to claim [...]

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All yer citrine is amethyst

20 June 2007 – 4:06 pm

I’ve had a renewed interest in stones and crystals lately – not that I ever stopped liking them, but I hadn’t done a lot of reading about them in a while.

Today’s revelation: more of them are man-made or altered than most merchants let on. I was aware that some were. For example, aqua [...]

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