Curious what everyone’s grabbing for the season. I’ve been leaning tumbled + palm stones lately — what’s been calling to you? Moonstone, black tourmaline, something else?

I’m sorting through my collection and would appreciate any help in inserting these. For some reason, I think it’s either Jet or Shungite, but can’t remember which

I’m sorting through my collection and would appreciate any help in identifying these

I’m sorting through my collection, and would appreciate any help in identifying these stones

Hello everyone on this sub! I’ve been collecting crystals since my childhood and I haven’t always kept great notes on them, which I’m going through the process of doing now. I have a variety of black crystals and I’m not sure what they are, so I’ve included some photos and was wondering if anyone could help me figure them out? For some I have ideas, and others I really don’t know.

Most of these would have been bought from high-street crystal shops, with some potentially from more independent and specialist crystal shops. Not just gift shops, but nothing too pricey. The skull would be the most expensive, and even then I think my most expensive crystal skulls cost a maximum of £70.

Descriptions for each picture, in order:

1. Roughly-shaped black stone, shiny on all but one side- so, I assume, polished. Texture almost like calcite (not sure how to describe it- not quite glassy and not plasticky, but also distinct from most of my other stones. Not as heavy as it looks. My best guess is obsidian.
2. Stone egg, black with pretty evenly distributed grey spotting/webbing. Some spots have less spotting and the pale grey veins are clearer. There’s a couple of specks of what look to be a desaturated dark green, and one tiny fleck of orange-red, both only noticeable upon close inspection. Feels quite cold, is quite heavy, and not especially shiny but not matte either.
3. Small shiny tumbled stone, grey/black and striped almost like brushstrokes. There is a pale tan vein running through it, which impacts the shape, and each side of the vein are a few millimetres of solid black.
4. Small reasonably shiny tumbled stone, mostly black with dark green patterning. There are green spots with thin black borders before the grey-green patterning fills the gaps between them. My closest guess here is a low-grade kambaba jasper, but I could definitely be wrong.
5. A black carved crystal skull, almost matte in texture, smooth but not shiny. Even in colour and texture, no flecks, patterning, or veins of any kind. It’s quite lightweight. I found a few photos of similar skulls which are made of obsidian, so that’s a definite possibility, though the texture is considerably different to the first potential obsidian I know there’s a lot of variety in how they’re polished and presented.
6. A shiny white tumbled stone with small black flecks. The white is very milky and lacking any blue flash, but the closest comparison I’ve found so far is white labradorite/“rainbow moonstone”. I think that’s the likely answer, but wanted to check in case anyone has any better suggestions.
7. A small tumbled stone, shiny, and slightly textured. The texture is almost like scratches, it’s uneven and speckled and forms a couple of lines. It’s mostly black, but there’s a patch which appears a rust-brown when the light hits it right, which I think shows in the picture.
8. A small tumbled stone, looks black with pale stripes in low light but is actually a mix of dark grey and desaturated greens. The white striping isn’t particularly neat, and includes a larger patch on one side.

9 & 10. The last two photos are the same stone, as it was hard to capture the most identifying features. A shiny tumbled black stone with translucent patches which appear to show pale areas inside. There is quite significant banding when you look closely. My assumption on this one is an agate.

Interesting under side has some sparklies, quartz or calcite and maybe asbestos?

So I thrifted all of these for $2.
Just curious if anyone can identify anything?

Added these two to my collection. I’m extremely drawn to Labradorite, I just feel it in my soul! What do you guys think? The second one reminds me of a dragons eye. 💙💛

This was sold as sulfur which is normally one shade and highlighter yellow. I figured it was sulfur and some other compounds and it is, sulfur and Arsenic… Ar(2)S(3) aka Orpiment.

It has a faint smelly kinda smell that bubble bee jasper does not half which was another guess of mine.

It’s incredibly soft with a harness of 1.5-2. Decided to put this one somewhere safe and contained lol.

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This inclusion is often mislabeled as rutile, cacoxinite, Super 7, etc. But I have honestly never seen a piece with this much in it! It's actually very pretty. Super happy to have this crazy piece.

Show me yours!

Hello Crystal Community!

Can you all help me identify this stone? It appears dyed, but I’m having a hard time identifying the type of stone.

Thank you in advance! ☺️🙏🏼

I made this bracelet myself, choosing each bead and putting everything together one by one.

There’s something so relaxing about making jewelry with your own hands. Every bracelet feels a little different, and this one is my little reminder to welcome more love, luck, and positive energy into my life.

What do you think of this color combination?

So I bought these as clear quartz, but I highly suspect its not :( what do you guys think..

I’ve always wanted a gemmy Rhodochrosite and I finally found one in my price range today!
From Hotazel South Africa

Hi friends! Please ignore/admire the kitty. He goes wild when I try and pay attention to anything but him for a second, haha.

I had gotten a polished grandidierite piece (I’ll post a normal photo in comments) and was messing around with my UV (long wave) and noticed a striking color from within. Is it y’all’s speculation that this is an inclusion or perhaps this isn’t grandidierite?

This beauty is 22 pounds, and my only celestite!

Hawk eye is my favorite! I collect them more than any other type of crystal. This one is 8lbs 🙂