Huge facetted smoky quartz

Another large facetted smoky quartz on display!



Compared with a Singapore 10 cent coin, this gem is nearly twice the size. If you look carefully, you can see some striations on the gem table!

Petrified Wood Slab

My first slab of petrified wood.

Note the beautiful colours of the polished side:

The unpolished back:



Petrified wood (from the Greek root "petro" meaning "rock" or "stone", literally "wood turned into stone") is a type of fossil: it consists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the wood. The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood becomes buried under sediment and is initially preserved due to a lack of oxygen. Mineral-rich water flowing through the sediment deposits minerals in the plant's cells and as the plant's lignin and cellulose decay away, a stone mould forms in its place. It probably takes less than 100 years for wood to petrify.

Jade sword

This jade sword is very intricately carved as you can see from the designs on the sheath. But most interestingly, a jade sword can be pulled out from the sheath!

Amazing?

Big facetted citrine

Big is bold and beautiful??

Perhaps so... Was rumaging my collection when I came across this!!!

A huge... even humangous facetted citrine!!

Took some pics with comparison to a 10cent Singapore coin for better visualization purposes!

Overall, I think the stone is quite well cut and has a nice colour.. however, it is certainly too huge to be set into jewellery and best remains a collector's item!

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