RevolutionGems
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2008
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Do any of you fellow junkies collect rare stones? I''m not talking about "rare" like an untreated padparadscha but rare like bixbite, jeremejevite, pezzottaite, kornerupine, painite, benitoite....
If so, do you have them set in jewelry or are they strictly "collector" stones to be admired?
I have a few but I don''t know if I would ever risk setting them in jewelry. Chipping and long term wear (facet rounding, scratching) would be a serious consideration.
Thoughts?
If so, do you have them set in jewelry or are they strictly "collector" stones to be admired?
I have a few but I don''t know if I would ever risk setting them in jewelry. Chipping and long term wear (facet rounding, scratching) would be a serious consideration.
Thoughts?