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Ideal_Rock
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I''m talking to Jeff White about having two matching stones cut in memory of my identical twin sons who passed away. I think for me, that is a good way to cherish their memory and feel them near me, without being morbid or upsetting to others. I''m thinking perhaps of setting them as a pendant so that the stones sit close to my heart. I thought about setting them in a row with a diamond in the middle or some such. But we''ll get to that once the stones are cut!
I gather that Topaz and Citrine are my sons'' birthstones, and I wondered what reasons there might be to prefer one over the other. I''m a little confused about treatment of such stones. Are the blue topaz natural? Which variety is most precious? Is citrine, as a variety of quartz, too ''common'' to be ''precious enough'' for such an important and meaningful project?
Thoughts? Ideas? Advice?
I gather that Topaz and Citrine are my sons'' birthstones, and I wondered what reasons there might be to prefer one over the other. I''m a little confused about treatment of such stones. Are the blue topaz natural? Which variety is most precious? Is citrine, as a variety of quartz, too ''common'' to be ''precious enough'' for such an important and meaningful project?
Thoughts? Ideas? Advice?