Ignis mods contest thread 10/13-10/21

[Fisty]

Spinel!

Apparently a large percentage of the "rubies" in the crown jewels are actually spinels. These days they are much more commonly found lab created, and they are usually the type of stone used for birthstone jewelry as they are inexpensive, durable, beautiful, and can be created in almost any color.

 

[NancyR]

Bloodstone

 

[rum87mage]

this one is called sun stone

thanks for the contest i want this mod so bad lol

 

[MrsCasey]

Tuesday Entry

Light Pink Star Sapphire

 

[spacekitty]

I wanted to get my entry in for today while it is still Monday out here on the West Coast... and I hope that's Ok...

This is another one of my faves... partly because it is one of the only 2 gemstones found in Hawaii (as far as I know)... the other is Obsidian, but this one is Olivine and/or Peridot. Sometimes referred to as the Hawaiian Green Diamond, or even the Goddess Pele's Tears... and some of the beaches there are actually made up of small grains of this stone.

 

[DeviantDe]

Spacekitty, I'm pretty sure we're going on Amber's timezone for the contest entries


Here's my Tuesday Entry, Hematite!

 

[Starlight682]

fire opal for today

 

[Foggy]

Tuesday!

I collect heart shaped stones.

 

[mogium]

Red diamond one of the rarest stones in the world goes for about 2.5 mil a carot

 

[V8inDamma]

For 10/16/12 I found a few I really think are cool I didn't realize how many cool stones or jewels there are so a Striped Agate would be nice I think







Thank you so much again for the contest!! I would so love to have one of these it would be my first wood mod and VW plus bottom-feeder it would be a three in one learning Experience. WOW!!!

 

[Lauralie]

When Alexandrite quit being exported to the United States for awhile I went with the man-made stone while not worth near as much, it is still gorgeous

 

[Hillbillie]

Rhodonite

 

[ManuDawg]

Tuesday Entry

Opal for my Honey

 

[BluSwatch]

Tuesday entry ...... Landscape Jasper (I think that's what it's called)

These are the keys on my saxophone.

 

[Uncle]

10/16 Entry . . .

Oh - Another beautiful stone to choose would be . . .

Deep Dark Red - "Ruby"

 

[rbuck9]

how about lapis-lazuli today

 

[Orobas]

\o/ This thread is so educational!

As anybody whose ever read or watched Jurassic Park knows, amber is fossilized tree sap that sometimes has nifty things suspended in it.

Dr Richard Harrington thought he was buying just an interesting curio when he paid £20 for the fossilised insect encased in amber.

But it turned out to be a long extinct type of aphid which became trapped in the resin as it seeped from a tree millions of years ago.

It has now been named after Dr Harrington, vice-president of the UK's Royal Entomological Society, who specialises in aphids.

He bought the fossil on the internet auction site from a man in Lithuania.

Because he couldn't identify it himself Dr Harrington, who works at the world-famous Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire, sent it to fossil aphid expert Professor Ole Heie in Denmark. He confirmed that it was from a previously undescribed species.

Unknown insect discovered on eBay - Telegraph

 

[Natalia]

Tues 10/16

When I saw others post Alexandrite I just had to look it up! It's really amazing how light effects it's color.

 

[vsummer1]

One of my favorite semi-precious stones. I chose it for my high school ring so have adored it for a LONG time now.

 

[tmcase]

Garnet my birthstone.

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