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My first ever RAW conversion. For a while I've been shooting things I might want to enlarge in both RAW & Jpeg but not having a clue what to do with RAW. Thanks to teachings of Gavin Hoey, finally figured it out, thanks Gavin! And thanks Lucy E-W for the loan of the stunning crystals.
This piece of polished labradorite seems to have a lantern-jawed fish with a big blue mouth. In a local rock shop.
Flashes of iridescent blue and green from the lovely gemstone Labradorite fire brilliantly in this stylish wirework ring. The stones have been intricately wrapped with non-tarnish silver wire completely around a handcrafted vintage bronze ring frame.
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This is species is very hard-y. This one blends in very well with its environment. It's as if they are made of stone.
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SUMMER GLOW is a handcrafted 70 carat labradorite pendant that I created swirling and shaping antique brass copper wire by hand, adding topaz chips to enhance the natural beauty, shape and colors of the stone. This labradorite is unique in that it displays flashes of a beautiful golden color with shimmers of green when viewed from different angles. It is a nice versatile pendant in that it can be dressed up or dressed down, and no doubt will get many compliments from fascinated admirers.
It measures 1" across and 2 1/4" top to tip including the bail.
The bail is designed to be large enough to accommodate your favorite chain, choker or cord. A 20" adjustable gunmetal chain is included and is nicely packaged in a gift box.
The following metaphysical healing properties have been collected from various sources. For more specific information please contact an experienced Crystal Therapist.
Labradorite's healing effects:
Labradorite (also called Spectrolite sometimes) is a considered by mystics to be a stone of transformation. It is said to clear, balance and protect the aura. It is purported to help provide clarity and insight into your destiny, as well as attract success. It is used in metaphysics for dream recall, and finding ways to use dreams in daily life. Mystically, energies of stress and anxiety are reduced by labradorite. It helps to stimulate the imagination, enhancing intuition, psychic abilities, strength of will, strengthens and protects the aura. Helps us to understand the destiny that we have chosen.
Physical: Labradorite is said to increase intuition, psychic development, esoteric wisdom, help with subconscious issues, and provide mental illumination. Labradorite is associated with the solar plexus and brow chakras.
Cleavage plane striations on plagioclase feldspar from the Precambrian of Canada.
A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 5900 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.
The silicates are the most abundant and chemically complex group of minerals. All silicates have silica as the basis for their chemistry. "Silica" refers to SiO2 chemistry. The fundamental molecular unit of silica is one small silicon atom surrounded by four large oxygen atoms in the shape of a triangular pyramid - this is the silica tetrahedron - SiO4. Each oxygen atom is shared by two silicon atoms, so only half of the four oxygens "belong" to each silicon. The resulting formula for silica is thus SiO2, not SiO4.
The simplest & most abundant silicate mineral in the Earth's crust is quartz (SiO2). All other silicates have silica + impurities. Many silicates have a significant percentage of aluminum (the aluminosilicates).
Feldspar is a group of common silicate minerals. Feldspars are silicate minerals having one-fourth of all the silicons in SiO2 replaced by aluminum (Si4O8 to (Si3Al)O8). When this happens, the (Si3Al)O8 has a -1 electric charge. The charge is satisfied by the addition of one or more metals. The (Si3Al)O8- structure has relatively large holes, and the only metals that tend to stay in these holes are: K (potassium), Na (sodium), Ca (calcium), Cs (cesium), Ba (barium), Sr (strontium), and Pb (lead). Of these, K & Na & Ca are the most common metals that enter the matrix. Sometimes, several different metals enter the structure, resulting in "garbage can minerals".
Chemical analyses of feldspars show that they range in composition from K-feldspar to Na-feldspar and from Na-feldspar to Ca-feldspar. Mineralogists have thus established two "families" of feldspars. There is no chemical gradient between K-feldspar and Ca-feldspar.
The sodium- to calcium-feldspars are called plagioclase ("plag" for short). Six different mineral names are available for the plagioclase feldspars: albite, oligoclase, andesine, labradorite, bytownite, and anorthite. Albite is ~pure sodium feldspar (NaAlSi3O8) and anorthite is ~pure calcium feldspar (CaAl2Si2O8). The other mentioned minerals are plagioclase feldspars having a mix of sodium and calcium. The pure end-members are whitish-colored. The plagioclase feldspars having a mix of sodium and calcium tend to be light gray to dark gray to mottled gray. Some have a spectacular play of color.
Plagioclase has a nonmetallic luster, a white to light gray to dark color, a white streak, a hardness of 6 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, and breaks along two cleavage planes meeting at 90 degrees. Cleavage planes often show striations (= very thin, straight, parallel grooves).
Seen here is a piece of labradorite plagioclase feldspar from the Nain Anorthosite in eastern Canada. Anorthosites are uncommon intrusive igneous rocks almost exclusively composed of plagioclase feldspar. There’s usually a blackish pyroxene component as well. Some famous anorthosite occurrences include Wyoming's Laramie Range, New York State's Adirondacks Mountains, and the Moon.
This specimen is from Labrador, the type area for labradorite.
Geologic unit: Nain Anorthosite (Nain Plutonic Suite), mid-Mesoproterozoic, 1.29 to 1.35 Ga
Locality: unrecorded site at or near the town of Nain (possibly a quarry), coastal Labrador, eastern Canada
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Photo gallery of labradorite:
i made this intricate sterling silver pendant using lots of different textures and a pretty round labradorite caboshon.
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The semi-precious stones of Labradorite and Natural Agate pair beautifully in this unique wirework ring that has been intricately woven with non-tarnish silver plated copper wire completely around a handcrafted non-tarnish silver copper frame.
Labradorite is a transparent smokey gray stone that when viewed from the proper angle reveals a colorful play of light with intense flashes of blues, violets, and greens that almost seem to glow.
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labradorite pendant in sterling silver, faceted labradorite pendant briolette wrapped in sterling silver with pearl
This specimen of labradorite exhibits a schiller effect, which is a strong play of iridescent blue and green. Labradorite is so well known for these spectacular displays of colour that the phenomenon is known as “labradorescence.” Specimens with the highest quality labradorescence are often selected for use as gemstones. Labradorescence is not a display of colors reflected from the surface of a specimen. Instead, light enters the stone, strikes a twinning surface within the stone, and reflects from it. The colour seen by the observer is the color of light reflected from that twinning surface. Different twinning surfaces within the stone reflect different colours of light. Light reflecting from different twinning surfaces in various parts of the stone can give the stone a multi-colored appearance.
From the Canadian Museun of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario.