Buying & Value
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Where to Buy Real Lithium Quartz and Avoid Misleading Fakes
Lithium Quartz is a loosely defined commercial name used for translucent-to-opaque quartz with pink, lavender, mauve, reddish, gray or purple…
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Where to Buy Real Lepidolite and Avoid Dyed Purple Fakes
Real Lepidolite is a lithium-rich mica material commonly found in lilac, lavender, pink, rose-purple, gray or silvery masses. It may…
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Where to Buy Real Lemurian Quartz and Avoid Engraved Fakes
Lemurian Quartz is a modern trade name applied to selected natural quartz points, commonly those with pronounced horizontal striations, alternating…
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Where to Buy Real Larvikite and Avoid Labradorite or Glass Fakes
Real Larvikite is a dark, coarse-grained Norwegian igneous rock known for silver, blue-gray or steel-blue flashes from its feldspar crystals.…
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Where to Buy Real Kyanite and Avoid Dyed or Glass Fakes
Real Kyanite is an aluminum silicate mineral best known for blue bladed crystals, but it can also appear black, green,…
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Where to Buy Real Kambaba Jasper and Avoid Dyed or Misnamed Fakes
Real Kambaba Jasper is a Madagascan decorative stone recognized by dark green, gray-green and black orbicular or swirling patterns. It…
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Where to Buy Real Jet and Avoid Glass or Plastic Imitations
Real Jet is an organic gem material formed from altered ancient wood. It is usually opaque black or very dark…
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Where to Buy Real Jasper and Avoid Dyed or Misnamed Fakes
Buying real Jasper is less straightforward than finding an opaque patterned stone. The name has been used historically for dense,…
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Where to Buy Real Howlite and Avoid Dyed or Magnesite Fakes
Real Howlite is naturally white, gray-white or cream and commonly displays irregular gray, brown or black veining. It usually occurs…
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Where to Buy Real Honey Calcite and Avoid Dyed Fakes
Real Honey Calcite is a honey-yellow, golden, amber-brown or warm yellow-orange variety of Calcite. It may appear as natural crystals,…
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