Visualizing Stones

Started by nauta, June 28, 2016, 11:21:33 AM

Yeah, this really is just doing a google image to the list, but still: I'm a visual thinker.


beryl - Small and shaft-like, this chunk of clear beryl appears to have broken
off a much larger piece of stone, its tip a slanted point while the end is
jagged, rough and riddled in cracks and crags.  Darker at the butt-end, the
bluish-green, quartz-like stone steadily lightens to a brilliant aquamarine
at the angled tip.


sunstone - Small and angular, this somewhat clear chunk of crystal has a coppery,
almost peachy tone to it, the core darker then the lighter edges which look
sheared and cracked.


lavender aventurine - Angular edges of rough, unworked crystal sheath a deep, pinkish-purple
core in a soft, muted lavender hue.  The surface is riddled in crags, cracks
and fissures, having the appearance of broken free from a much larger piece.


peridot - This small bit of peridot possesses a surface rough and mottled in crags
and cracks, colored a dusty, milky brownish-green.  Glimpses of the dark,
olive-green gemstone within flash through chips and fissures, exposing its
potential. (Has polish craft)


citrine - Small and unpolished, this piece of gemstone has a murky, yellow-white
surface that is rough and striated in flecks and bands of clear,
golden-brown citrine within. (Has polish craft)


lapis lazuli - Small and rough-looking, this piece of rocky gemstone is a blue as dark
and deep as midnight, solid and mottled in silvery and golden specks and
striations. 


topaz - This small, crystalline stone is unpolished and rough, but shows inner
glimmers of yellow light. (Has polish craft.)

diamond - Grey, rough, and shard-like, this small chunk of unworked diamond is no
bigger then a songbird's egg.  Murky in clarity, the gemstone is chipped,
cracked and jagged.

ruby - This small piece of unworked ruby is rough, jagged, and colored a murky,
milky red.  Its shape is irregular and no bigger then a small bird's egg,
riddled in chips and fissures which reveal the blood-red core within.

emerald - This small piece of unworked emerald is rough and jagged, looking to have
broken free from a larger piece of stone.  It is no bigger then a small
bird's egg and vaguely oblong.  Through tiny chips and fissures, a deep,
green core can be seen.

sapphire - Rough and unpolished, this piece of opal is a deep sable with hinting
hues of blue and red shimmering along the edges.  The surface is dusty and
grainy to the touch.

opal - Rough and unpolished, this piece of opal is a deep sable with hinting
hues of blue and red shimmering along the edges.  The surface is dusty and
grainy to the touch.


tourmaline - Small and shaped similar to a miniature obelisk with four flat sides and
a natural taper which terminates in an off-kilter point.  The end is rough
and jagged, looking to have broken free of a larger piece.  While clear and
striated in faint cracks and chips, the quartz appears banded in a variety
of colors from red to violet, green, gold, blue and brown. 


spinel - A milky, rough surface sheaths this small piece of raw spinel, flecks of
violet, pink and mauve showing through cracks and chips which mar it,
revealing the gemstone within.
as IF you didn't just have them unconscious, naked, and helpless in the street 4 minutes ago

Very cool.

I will admit that foraging gems is one of my favorite activities.



How about these stones?
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Very disappointed when the image fully loaded.

How about these stones?

as IF you didn't just have them unconscious, naked, and helpless in the street 4 minutes ago

Sunstone has been a RL favorite of mine ever since I heard of it while playing gemstone III.  If I remember, it was one of the more valuable gems in that game.
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I didn't know it was an RL stone even... the beads from it are probably one of my favorite beads in game. Which is why I must write up some lapis beads... and opal beads...
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Just play Dwarf Fortress, you will be a relative expert on semi precious stones in no time.

Quote from: Tuannon on July 01, 2016, 02:58:50 AM
Just play Dwarf Fortress, you will be a relative expert on semi precious stones in no time.

Fucking this.
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