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neganium · 5 months

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You know what is truly an underrated stone? Corundum.

Corundum is both what we know as rubies, and sapphires. But it comes in more colors than just red or blue. (For some reason, the other colors are still referred to as "sapphires"- fancy sapphires, apparently... the humble red ruby does not get as much love...) It can even be black! Though, iirc, it's natural state is clear. It gets its colors from whatever the makeup of the ground is that it happens to be growing in, I guess. Certain inclusions can also get you the "star" effect, if you cut the stone just so. Ever seen a star ruby or sapphire? They're almost always a smooth round cabochon. It's pretty fancy stuff.

Anyways. Corundum. The versatile superstar mineral. Or something like that...

#man I want some pretty rocks...#p sure rubies at least can be lab-grown these days #rubies was formerly one of the more valuable natural stones if memory serves #love the idea that I can just Buy Some if I really wanted #dunno how big lab-grown gems tend to be tho... I'd love to bedazzle a costume with them someday #and while I DO mean regular cosplay and the like; by ''costume'' I primarily mean ''fursuit'' LMAO #I still don't even know if I could handle wearing one. if nothing else I could hock a bedazzled one for a pretty penny if it doesn't-#work out tho. who WOULDN'T want to be a blinged-out creechur??

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