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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jul 19, 2020 10:08:17 GMT -5
Another thread inspired me to start this one. It mentioned aDventurine.
Another one that always bugs me is AlexanDERite.
Finally, I wonder when Tiger Eye became Tiger's Eye.
Hope other members will add more examples.
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Post by Pat on Jul 19, 2020 10:23:02 GMT -5
Mookaite. I used to call it Mookite until I learned it was from the Mooka Creek in Australia.
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Post by amygdule on Jul 19, 2020 10:39:02 GMT -5
When people call the different varieties of calcite, Onyx, it makes me cringe.
It's a travertine.
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 19, 2020 14:26:04 GMT -5
Another thread inspired me to start this one. It mentioned aDventurine.
Another one that always bugs me is AlexanDERite.
Finally, I wonder when Tiger Eye became Tiger's Eye.
Hope other members will add more examples.
The Dictionary of Gems & Gemology by Robert M. Shipley (founder of the GIA) says it's "tiger-eye". But "tiger's-eye" was the recommended usage when I took my GIA courses quite a few years after that dictionary was written. So who really knows? |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jul 19, 2020 15:13:49 GMT -5
That's enlightening. My great-uncle had a tiger eye ring when I was very young. He definitely wasn't a GG, but I had only heard it called tiger eye until a few years ago.
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Post by stardiamond on Jul 19, 2020 16:01:07 GMT -5
There was a seller on ebay that I bought a lot of material from. He spelled Tahoma as Tehoma. He was about the only one selling the material so he could spell it however he wanted.
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 19, 2020 16:20:32 GMT -5
The one that always makes me cringe is "flourite" instead if "fluorite."
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 19, 2020 16:29:58 GMT -5
pietersite instead of petersite and fuchsite instead of fushite.
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Post by knave on Jul 19, 2020 17:59:18 GMT -5
Canada goose or Canadian goose
Eh?
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jul 20, 2020 7:54:07 GMT -5
Yep, not all Canada Geese are Canadian, eh?
Then there's the older gent on an online shopping channel who sells Sardinian Coral.
He says it in a way that makes me think I might find bits of that coral in tins of small fish.
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Post by pauls on Jul 21, 2020 3:01:25 GMT -5
Labradite.
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Post by NRG on Jul 21, 2020 8:44:02 GMT -5
When people call the different varieties of calcite, Onyx, it makes me cringe. It's a travertine. I agree is shouldn't be onyx. But, I was taught that travertine was made in geysers and other geothermal zones. And if I'm following my own thoughts, the banded calcite material we discuss has no name known by me. So, thanks! Travertine it is. |
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Post by NRG on Jul 21, 2020 8:45:35 GMT -5
I'm sick of people labelling everything jAdE when it's anything but.
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Post by pizzano on Jul 21, 2020 9:09:40 GMT -5
I'm sick of people labelling everything jAdE when it's anything but. Couldn't agree more......been down that road here with a few newer members......Just because it's GREEN , slick and shiny.....lol.....Nephrite and Jadeite are constantly confused, thanks to the hundreds of resale sites that don't have a clue tooooooo...! |
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Post by pizzano on Jul 21, 2020 9:13:33 GMT -5
When people call the different varieties of calcite, Onyx, it makes me cringe. It's a travertine. I agree is shouldn't be onyx. But, I was taught that travertine was made in geysers and other geothermal zones. And if I'm following my own thoughts, the banded calcite material we discuss has no name known by me. So, thanks! Travertine it is. That's another one that gets butchered as well....! |
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Post by pizzano on Jul 21, 2020 9:26:12 GMT -5
All the hoping and wishing in the world isn't gonna change the reality of the chemical and geological composition of the material......Even putting it under your pillow at night and dreaming of jewels won't change Calcite from a Moh's 3 to a Moh's 7........lol
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Post by knave on Jul 21, 2020 15:50:35 GMT -5
All the hoping and wishing in the world isn't gonna change the reality of the chemical and geological composition of the material......Even putting it under your pillow at night and dreaming of jewels won't change Calcite from a Moh's 3 to a Moh's 7........lol I have a nice chunk of pyrite looking for an alchemist! |
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Post by amygdule on Jul 22, 2020 0:33:12 GMT -5
I was being sardonyx
Now I'm jaded that my
sense of humor is a
Travesty
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