Malachite composite...
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so what exactly is this stone?
old gemstone blogs
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Sally x
Category: Buyer beware! Fake gemstones
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Another stone with beautiful inclusions
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Tourmalinated Quartz (I struggle to say the word but fortunately have no problems typing it…!).
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These red and green ‘tourmaline’
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look pretty Christmassy don’t they… sadly they aren’t really tourmaline but are synthetic quartz.
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Opalite... a gemstone...
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or is it glass...
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What on earth is this...
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Well, it's a stone that I love, not just for its history but for how it is made...
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Have you seen a soude emerald?
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In short... it's a composite stone – 2 or more natural or man-made materials joined together to give the appearance of a single stone. But there's far more to this stone...
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Amber... and an imposter...
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Did you know amber is fossilised tree resin…
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Paraiba tourmaline... or is it...
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Trapiche emerald
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When is an emerald not an emerald...
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