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Labradorite (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Nov 2024 OP
Oh YEAH!!! calimary Nov 2024 #1
I've never seen it in person. It looks marvellous! . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2024 #2
Labradorite looks dull until it's turned to an angle that reveals Mousetoescamper Nov 2024 #6
If you ever get a chance to go to a rocks & minerals show calimary Nov 2024 #11
Magically luminous Mousetoescamper Nov 2024 #4
That is stunning - the greens and blues really pop against the dark background. Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #3
It reminds me of the aurora borealis Mousetoescamper Nov 2024 #7
Truly stunning. Thank you. niyad Nov 2024 #5
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2024 #8
Wonderful stuff, labradorite! Love the striations and the colors. Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2024 #9
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2024 #10

Mousetoescamper

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6. Labradorite looks dull until it's turned to an angle that reveals
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 12:50 PM
Nov 2024

its labradorescence, a phenomenon caused by light diffracting off of the layers of the gemstone's crystal structure.

calimary

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11. If you ever get a chance to go to a rocks & minerals show
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 06:48 PM
Nov 2024

DO IT!!!

These things come around every year, usually at the convention center or some other large public venue, in or near your city.

Warning: They’re MIND-BLOWING!!! You’ll be walking around with your eyes AND your mouth wide open. There’ll be semi-precious AND precious metals and minerals on display, crystals of every kind and size, fossils of every kind, and magnificent shells ‘n’ stuff. It’s a fabulous opportunity to find gifts for special people in your life, whether it’s jewelry or desk accessories or whatevers! In all sizes and price ranges. Mind you, I’m not a sales rep for this stuff. Just a customer. And a life-long “rock hound”. And I LOVE these things AND these events!

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