Hi ya, I have a crystal that many years ago a friend found in the desert in Egypt. They told me its quartz but i am not sure. Its opaque and pretty much the colour of light sand. Any ideas which sort of crystal might be from this area?
xxx Genevs
I can't remember what it's called now but there is a crystalline sand formation that is often sold in that part of the world. It's not actually a crystal. That would be my guess without seeing it but if you could post up a photo of it then it would be easier to tell.
how about selenite desert rose?????
I love desert rose it is so pretty and each one is a little different. We have a much larger piece but looking at them is almost a meditation in itself. It is a form of gypsum and has a hardness of 2-3 on the Mohs scale, like selenite etc. so no washing in water.
Enjoy it!
I too have a wonderful dessert rose picked up from the desert in Egypt about 10 years ago which I picked up at a local indoor car boot sale. It is a lovely large piece similar to the link Bannick has given.
Luv Binah
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LOL - I first saw desert rose in France when I was 13/14 and I was told it was formed by the 'pipi d'un chameau' - the pee of a camel - on the sand. And I've always believed that until just now (I looked it up.) It reminds me a bit of snowflakes IYKWIM.
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LOL - I first saw desert rose in France when I was 13/14 and I was told it was formed by the 'pipi d'un chameau' - the pee of a camel - on the sand. And I've always believed that until just now (I looked it up.) It reminds me a bit of snowflakes IYKWIM.
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That did make me laugh, you can understand why you might have believed this when you look at it. I'll have to remember that one :rollaugh:
Thank you for that!
Barbara x
hi guys,
Hope this works, I have entered the world of 'using my not so great camera to take close ups' and the world of 'resizing photos to attatch to posts'
So hope this works
xx Genev
I'll try again! yes this is it xxxxx
Genev
It looks to me like Azeztulite, which can be colourless or white.
Appearance: clear or opaque quartz with striations
The only other crystal it reminds me of is selenite x
but I could be wrong
Looks like selenite to me with the striations.....the desert rose is also a form of selenite...
just searched a bit on the web and found this 'desert glass'
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150304209306&indexURL=
and this link also shows some similar stones;
http://www.topgeo.de/english/desert_glass_roughs.html
In the picture I posted it show the crystal as whiter than it really is, its actually a light yellow and the other side of it is exactly like this photo, so I think now it might be this.
xx wow xx
the plot thickens......:D I found this snow quartz.....what do you think??
Oh Fleur! that looks like it too, perhaps even more so! LoL!
Wow
xhugsx