Buying & Value
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Where to Buy Real Peach Moonstone and Avoid Glass Fakes
Real Peach Moonstone is a warm peach, apricot, beige-pink, salmon or light orange-brown feldspar that displays a floating white, silver…
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Where to Buy Real Orange Calcite and Avoid Dyed Fakes
Real Orange Calcite is a warm-colored variety of Calcite ranging from pale apricot and peach through tangerine, amber-orange, reddish orange…
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Where to Buy Real Onyx and Avoid Dyed or Calcite Fakes
Real Onyx, in its traditional gemological meaning, is chalcedony with straight, parallel bands. Classic material may combine black and white,…
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Where to Buy Real Ocean Jasper and Avoid Dyed Orbicular Fakes
Real Ocean Jasper is a Madagascan orbicular lapidary material known for circles, eyes, rings, bands, plumes and occasional druzy cavities…
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Where to Buy Real Obsidian and Avoid Glass or Slag Fakes
Real Obsidian is natural volcanic glass formed when silica-rich lava cools too quickly for substantial crystals to grow. It commonly…
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Where to Buy Real Nuummite and Avoid Labradorite Fakes
Real Nuummite is a dark metamorphic rock composed chiefly of iridescent amphiboles in the anthophyllite–gedrite series. Its polished surface can…
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Where to Buy Real Moss Agate and Avoid Dyed or Resin Fakes
Real Moss Agate is translucent to semitransparent chalcedony containing green, brown, black, red or yellow inclusions that resemble moss, branches,…
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Where to Buy Real Mookaite and Avoid Dyed Jasper Fakes
Real Mookaite is a multicolored Australian lapidary stone known for bold combinations of cream, mustard yellow, ochre, red, burgundy, brown,…
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Where to Buy Real Mangano Calcite and Avoid Dyed Pink Fakes
Real Mangano Calcite is Calcite containing measurable manganese. It commonly appears pale pink, blush, peach-pink, rose, salmon or nearly white…
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Where to Buy Real Mahogany Obsidian and Avoid Glass Fakes
Real Mahogany Obsidian is natural volcanic glass marked by black, dark brown and reddish-brown patches, bands or flowing patterns. The…
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