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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 09:25:29
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Have you ever seen a star-sapphire? Is there a black gem with similar inclusions? Jet, onyx, some variety of tiger(panther)eye?
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Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
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Lyiat
Seeker
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Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 09:59:04
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| Star sapphires and rubies form due to inclusions (material trapped inside the crystal) of rutile trapped during the crystal formation. Inclusions happen within gemstones quite a bit, but the characteristic starburst doesn't really seem to happen outside of rubies and sapphires (which are actually the same thing, just with different impurities) that I know of. Couple that with the relative rareness of black gemstones... I don't think it happens. That said, it's the Forgotten Realms. Do whatever the heck you want. :P |
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Cards77
Senior Scribe
USA
745 Posts |
Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 13:36:32
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| I have seen first hand what we call locally "Star Garnets". They are very dark, almost black. Garnet material is fairly common, but star garnets are rare. Try googling them. I'm sure there is an example of a black sapphire with star inclusion somewhere. |
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Lyiat
Seeker
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Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 14:41:04
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| Eh... They're more purple, from what I've seen. Though I'm not going to deny that you've seen black ones. |
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