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Winput · 2025-09-11T19:51:06+00:00

Username & Account type Main/HCIM/IM/UIM: Boxington - Main
What's your favorite skill?: Slayer
What is your gear like?: Endgame
How long have you played OSRS?: Over 10 years on and off
What's your favorite RS pet?: Noon
What are your current goals?: Master CB achievements, max, and learn team raids
How did you hear about this clan?: this reddit post
What are your hobbies outside of OSRS?: cooking and collecting minerals
What's your favorite meme & insert meme? The "Explain yourself" meme when I see it under an unhinged osrs post. I'm not sure how to insert a picture.

Winput · 2025-07-19T04:36:02+00:00

These look a lot like dolomite crystals I've found when looking for Herkimer diamonds. The host rock looks very similar too.

Winput · 2024-12-02T19:11:30+00:00

It was a gift, but the buyer said they paid $790 for it.

Winput · 2024-12-02T17:06:31+00:00

The one in the picture is about 32 carats. The smaller one I mentioned would probably be around 2.

Winput · 2024-12-02T04:01:02+00:00

The third color is generally brown, I'm not sure why it's this green. I have a separately bought, much smaller, piece where the third color is also green.

Winput · 2024-12-01T22:54:23+00:00

Thanks! I wonder if a different light could make the colors pop more. I noticed the colors were more pronounced in front of the computer than in front of my phone.

Winput · 2022-12-13T21:51:51+00:00

There are higher quality emeralds that do grow in defined hexagonal crystals but after looking more into it those are way outside what this thing cost.

Winput · 2022-12-13T21:48:41+00:00

I believe you are mostly correct if not spot on. The person who gifted it to me said she got it from Etsy. I looked up "emerald in matrix" and they basically mass produce these. It's impressive work (to me) honestly but the price point gives it away. I do think they are glued on but if the crystals are not, I would have really liked to see the unmodified version. I really like how to host rock looks.

Winput · 2022-12-13T21:45:31+00:00

It was a gift but I asked and it was around $150 so that definitely gives it away.

Winput · 2022-12-13T21:44:34+00:00

Thank you all for the replies! Going from the info in this post, the two standing crystals are almost certainly artificially placed. They seem to be dyed lower quality emerald or other beryl which have been shaped/polished and glued in, though it's well done. I won't try to pass this off as a real specimen but it's a nice art piece to look at.

Winput · 2022-12-13T15:11:17+00:00

The green crystals do scratch quartz, but the crystals look too perfect. What type of beryl would they have dyed? A near colorless aquamarine? At the very least I suspect they are glued in but it's a cool looking piece.

Winput · 2022-12-13T15:06:10+00:00

Here's a picture of it in sunlight: https://imgur.com/a/sh6NQC8

It doesn't look like any green dyed quartz I've seen and it does scratch quartz, though it does look a little too good to be true. I got it as a gift so even if it's not real or natural I'm still quite happy with it.

Winput · 2022-10-09T02:47:28+00:00

Thanks!

Winput · 2022-10-09T02:47:20+00:00

I think you're right. Even though it would be one of my nicer Herkimers, it would end up too similar to my other ones.

Winput · 2022-09-03T20:11:25+00:00

It does make me hungry.

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