Visualizing Stones

[nauta]

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.

[Miradus]

Very cool.

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

[Norcal]

How about these stones?

[nauta]

Very disappointed when the image fully loaded.

How about these stones?

[650Booger]

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.

[bardlyone]

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...

[Tuannon]

Just play Dwarf Fortress, you will be a relative expert on semi precious stones in no time.

[gotdamnmiracle]

Just play Dwarf Fortress, you will be a relative expert on semi precious stones in no time.

Fucking this.