Hokay, so...
...my friend just got back form Argentina/Brazil/Uruguay and brought me back some beautiful jewelry...

one of which was this amazing leather cuff, with a stone in it, from Buenos Aires..
..she forgot what type of stone it was more than likely because she was stoned... (get it? ) anyway, you guys always seem to be brimming with informationes, so I'll post some pictures:

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yes, i know of the amethyst on my finger, but look at the cuff! ain't it purrty?

close up:
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any ideas? it looks like it's all cracked on the inside, the cracks are white and the stone is yellowish...


any ideas, informations, properties of this stone??

Mach, I hope you read this

thanks!

Could it be Brazilian Agate? Very pretty

MoonSongs said:

thank you
i'm going to check it out, thanks!




edit: checked it out... no it doesn't look like that ( i know the picture i took is horrible but my macro feature sucks balls) the cracks look like cracked glass, they just kinda go everywhere, they're not cracks though, its just white lines going every which way
thanks though!
[Edited 5/30/08 20:11pm]

looks like a big moonstone to me that happens to have a nice
"flame" effect going on.

IstenSzek said:

hmm i'll look into it, thanks



and my pics weren't big, i post pix that size all the time, pfft, bandwidth

its either charlie watts or

mick jagger

shausler said:

sammij said:

yeh, the moonstone looks real similar, its just that mine doesn't have any pearly sheen to it
i'll stick with that though until i can get some confirmation

thank you again!

Try looking up rutilated quartz. Rutiles look like cracks running through a stone but are often another mineral growing inside a first one. It could possibly be opal too ~ they occur in a huge range of colors and have a lot of internal fractures going on.

it's ok for hot guys to post pics like this but not for nice hands ??? ()

WTF

where's Machaela when you need her ...

Try looking through this site. It could be Brazilian Agate ~ they are often pale white to yellow (occurs in many many colors) and it could have opal in it as well. Good Luck finding it! n


http://www.freespiritempo...slabs.html

Metaphysical Properties of Agate

Agate comes in reds, browns, yellows, oranges, and blacks, sometimes with banding, stripes or zoning. Agate is good protective stone, especially for children. It also can help strengthen the body and the body's connection to the earth. It can also lessen feelings of envy by grounding the emotions. Agate balances the physical, emotional and intellectual bodies, and balances and cleanses aura. Agate is known to stimulate analytical abilities and perception, while eliminating negativity. It has also been reported to strengthen sight and promote marital fidelity.

Agate is a banded, concentric shell-like chalcedony, sometimes containing opal substance. The fine quartz fibers are oriented vertically to the surface of the individual band layers. The bands can be multicolored or of the same color. South American Agate is mostly dull gray and without special markings; only through dyeing do they receive their lively colors. Transparency of Agates varies from nearly transparent to opaque. In thin slabs, even the opaque Agates are mostly translucent. The name Agate is supposedly derived from the river Achates (now called the Drillo) in Sicily.
Agate is a member of the Chalcedony family. It is a banded stone with a somewhat waxy appearance and is often transparent at the center. It overcomes bitterness of the heart and eliminates inner anger. Agate fosters love, opening the way for positive relationships!