I never expect to find faceted stones but this is the 3rd
2 Likes
Finding faceted stones on the ground without settings is odd. Could you by chance taking your walks on a hiking trail? If so, that might explain it, as people loosing the stones out of their rings and earrings. Whatever the case, congratulations on your finds.
1 Like
Nope alleyway in a small city I live in.
York Pennsylvania i walk at night in summer because I can’t be in teps over 24°/75° due to medical conditions. I take a uv light or a bright light and flicker it across the ground looking for a sparkle.
I found 2 fake diamonds 1 looked real 1 had foil backing like children’s dress up jewelry.
1 real diamond that fell out of a bag that i didn’t know had a hole (7 months agter i gave up on finding it )
And this one all within 2 blocks of me
I spect it’s partially because of the deep grooves and cracks in the alley ways where these are being found. The fact that nobody pays attention to And it’s something I would Expect to see swept up by the street. Sweepers and deposited then just a large crack in the most convenient/ Lucky
location in any alleyway or streets
OMG!! I have been wondering where I lost that gem…
just kidding!!
2 Likes
Lol this is why I love this little family here 
Yes, that does seem quite odd.
Its funny. When I used to live outsude NYC a small jeweler that only dealt in colored stones in a small town would gave a promo once a year where they would hide tgem around they tiwn. Kind of like a hide and seek.
1 Like
Everything around this place is odd. Nobody looks down. Nobody pays attention. Nobody asks, why are sidewalks sparkle after a rain. No one ever even asked. Why our sidewalks and streets fluoresce.
As it turns out, the old defunct cement company that was used to pave most of this part of town about 75 years ago. That’s been closed down for ages cuts through an area full of sapphires The primary source of which is under the historic town and then it has 2 tubes. That shoot off to the east and west directly under my home. But no one even thought to look Intel. I did 2 years ago and I still haven’t been able to get a single person to verify it for me even though I’ve offered to send stones for free.
Just to have somebody tell me if I’m right or wrong? All I know is that they are about a hardness of 8 or more. As they scratch Emerald.
They have color zoning.
Many are opaque, but not all.
I’m in an area perfect for precious gems and minerals.
And my rock is approximately 570-400 million years old
As I have primarily basalt, dolemite and limestone as a base mineral, I’m on the edge of the great magnesium sheet, And this area hasn’t been under seawater since four hundred million years ago. They couldn’t survey the area likely due to groundwater interference, so they estimated, And they did a surface collection of the area to estimate, but the area was not developed yet and about two percent of what they collected was cambrian metamorphic. But they made note of that under an asterisk.
And nobody reads the asterisks anymore.
And nobody wants to ask the stupid questions. And look stupid.
And all the geologists here are thinking top down, not bottom up.
So I’ve spent 2 years getting mocked, ridiculed, teased, Ostracized, ignored, And insulted even here as recently as last week. It’s no wonder Young people don’t want to enter the world of geology. If this is the uphill battle, they face every time they show an interest or have a question.
1 Like
It is actually not very odd in many parts of the world. A great number of faceted stones are found in places like Sri Lanka, Burma, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. It may surprise you how many faceted stones hit the market exactly as they were found (except Im guessing washed up a bit). With the exception of the noble metals (non-reactive, such as gold, platinum, etc., and probable others I don’t know about), stones can outlast metals by many tens of thousands of years (millions maybe). I’m pretty sure most alloys and composite metals won’t last more than 100 years or so if exploded to the elements. Low oxygen environments (under water, buried or encased in other substances, etc), can extend that,
Here’s a link to one such example:
That example is pretty typical, actually. Locals in the places listed above all know this, and the worked stones are the most coveted amongst miners/divers, etc.
It sure seems more likely someone lost that one, as suggested, but I only recently learned about ancient stones found as-is, so I figured I’d share that tid bit.
Nice find, that’s for sure!!!
2 Likes
How amazing would that be! This area wasnt developed till the late 40s so i think it was a lost stone but it is worth looking in roots of uplifted trees to find a treasure like that.
I dont, cant, wont, dive lol
Thanks for such an interesting link!