Amethyst crystal with goethite needles

Amethyst crystal with goethite needles

Amethyst crystal from unknown location with visible goethite needles.

Madagascan rubies with growth hillocks

Madagascan rubies with growth hillocks.

I will be hopefully seeing the owner of the store soon so I can ask which part of Madagascar the actually are from. 

anyway I am sure that from now I will make sure to as the dealer if they know were a specimen is from before purchasing, I do know that misinformation can be spread throughout the chain from miner to dealer, it was one of the first things they taught at the gemological association of Australia.

the full size image can be downloaded here

Stock photography update

It has been a while, but I have finally got more than 75 images up on istock.

I have been pleased so far with how easy it has been with istock and I have seen improvement over time since I started out with istock, but as they say there is always room for improvement, and I will soon try to add other genres of photography to my portfolio.

anyway my portfolio can be viewed here and here, the photo of centennial glen can be found here