Buying & Value
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Where to Buy Real Dalmatian Jasper and Avoid Painted Fakes
Dalmatian Jasper is an established trade name for a cream, beige or pale gray rock marked by irregular black spots.…
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Where to Buy Real Crazy Lace Agate and Avoid Dyed Fakes
Real Crazy Lace Agate is known for densely interwoven bands, eyes, loops, scallops, zigzags and swirling patterns. Traditional material combines…
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Where to Buy Real Clear Quartz and Avoid Glass or Synthetic Fakes
Clear quartz is abundant, but buying it well is not always simple. The market includes natural rock crystal, hydrothermally grown…
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Where to Buy Real Chrysoprase and Avoid Dyed Green Fakes
Real chrysoprase is a naturally green chalcedony variety whose color is associated with nickel-bearing material. Fine stones can show vivid…
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Where to Buy Real Chrysocolla and Avoid Dyed or Stabilized Fakes
Buying real chrysocolla requires more than finding a blue-green stone. The retail name can describe soft natural chrysocolla, chrysocolla mixed…
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Where to Buy Real Chevron Amethyst and Avoid Dyed Fakes
Real chevron amethyst is amethystine quartz with angular, V-shaped, zigzag, phantom-like or layered purple-and-white growth patterns. It is also sold…
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Where to Buy Real Charoite and Avoid Dyed Purple Fakes
Real charoite is one of the most visually distinctive purple lapidary materials, yet its dramatic appearance has encouraged loose naming…
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Where to Buy Real Chalcedony and Avoid Dyed or Glass Fakes
Buying chalcedony becomes complicated because the name can refer to both a specific-looking gemstone and a broad family of microcrystalline…
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Where to Buy Real Celestite and Avoid Dyed or Glass Fakes
Real celestite is usually sold as pale blue crystal clusters, geodes, tabular crystals, nodules and matrix specimens. It may also…
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Where to Buy Real Cavansite and Avoid Dyed or Glued Fakes
Real cavansite is primarily a collector mineral rather than a conventional jewelry stone. It usually appears as small brilliant blue…
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