My prize piece today is a nice chunk of celestite (example above).
We've had two gem & mineral shows in Austin, near downtown
which is near me.
My friends are into necklace making, and so were in the market for fetishes and beads.
I like the different minerals. I've picked up some beautiful bloodstone, moss agate, several pieces of Chinese opal in carnelian, and a sacred Shiva Lingum stone from the Narmada River high in the mountains of Mandhata, India, which
are naturally shaped, and polished by Indians who collect them in the dry season.
