Fake or altered crystals

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There are a lot of stone out there that are either fake or have been modified by man.

Here's a short list to be going on with but we can add as we go along. I have added links to results of google image searches so you can see them.

Turquiose - most of this is either dyed or reconstituted. It is really really hard to tell the real ones from the fake ones. The only way is to trust who you are buying from.

Amber - most of this is fake, once again it's really hard to tell which is real, although the cheap stuff you see set in jewellery is probably fake. Once again know who you are buying from.

Blue Howlite - http://tinyurl.com/2uauklk this is howlite dyed blue. I have also seen this in pink and purple.

Brightly coloured agates (pink, blue, purple etc) - These are all dyed

Aqua Aura and other "aura" stones - Aqua Aura http://tinyurl.com/35tlbez is gold plated quartz. Other brightly coloured "aura" use different metals.

Crackle quartz, rainbow quartz - http://tinyurl.com/362v7vl These are the brightly coloured stones that have a lot of rainbows in them, these have been heated till they crack then dyed. I'm not talking about the clear ones that have just a couple ( http://tinyurl.com/38oufg5 ).

Citrine - If the citrine is bright yellow it is heat treated amethyst http://tinyurl.com/3xmgnqb. Natural citirine is generally more dull coloured and even brown http://tinyurl.com/368ons9

Dark coloured amethyst - if it's not really expensive then this may have been heat treated

Dark smokey quartz - same as the amethyst, unless it is really expensive and the colour not uniform then it is likely to be irradiated.

Goldstone, green and blue goldstone - completely man made http://tinyurl.com/2vxgj5s

Blue obsidian - some say that this is simply blue glass http://tinyurl.com/2uqagpoBe sure of your source

Hematite jewellery - the very uniform gunmetal gray stuff http://tinyurl.com/38l6cb8 ... man made (imho) hematite is often red/gray http://tinyurl.com/37fo42e

Cats eyes - http://tinyurl.com/33wuh5b these are the stones that are brightly coloured from one direction and appear to be transleucent in the other... man made, this is a byproduct of the telecommunication industry. It is quartz but it is lab grown and used for fiberoptic cabling. They've just chopped it up and dyed it.

In the end the best thing to do is know who you are buying from. There are few traders out there that aren't trying to rip people off and want people to have real stones rather than just get your money out of you.

In the end it is your choice but do you really want to work with something that isn't natural?

If you know of any more feel free to post up.

Most cherry quartz is just glass.....

not heard of that one. Thanks for the addition.

Of course there are also things like Azestulite.. much of this is just plain quartz being sold at an inflated price as Azestulite.

I think there is also quite a bit of fake seraphinite out there too.

[Spiritlite]

Love this I'm sure there are so many fakes out there, I just listen to my gut if a crystal looks too perfect I know it's a fake.
Spiritlite.

the crazy thing is there are stones that are real that look fake!!!! Covelite is one. A beautiful metalic blue, you would say it was man made, but not as far as I am aware.

[Spiritmessenger]

It's easy to sell fakes over the internet, Have you seen all the new crystal that are on the market now?
Love light and blessings
Spiritmessenger

[Silver]

There was a bright blue crystal thing I saw last week on line and they admitted it was man made, but it was pretty...forgot what it was called, started with a c, I think.

[Spiritlite]

Also there is a stone Gaia stone that is man made too that's why I've never got one.
Spiritlite.
ALSO A LOT OF FAKE MOLDAVITES OUT THERE SO BE CAREFUL.

Greetings to all and honor , to pass on specific info about Blue Obsidian is Not Fake or altered or dyed in any way ,its actual Lava collected in different stages and for all the debunkers out there (*here is correct info on Obsidian information

obsidian
Obsidian is a volcanic glass that is usually black, but is occasionally red, brown, gray, green, blue and sometimes dark with "snowflakes," or even clear. This glassy, lustrous mineral is found in lava flows, and obsidian stones can be massive. Obsidian is formed when viscous lava (from volcanos) cools rapidly. Most obsidian is 70 percent silica. Obsidian has a Hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 2.35

so as to tell all the key indicator even blue Obsidian has approximately 70% Silica and that is what makes the crystal have Piezoelectric energy to have resonance (ie: quartz crystal have Silica )

Now I am not saying that blue Obsidian cant be faked or dyed but all Light workers should verify sources(place it came from what mine/place , and example on ebay some items should be be Raw or Uncut or consult some people here on Sf that know crystals

so I ask that Blue Obsidian be taken off list because its the general ignorance not knowing the real information can make a light worker buy the wrong crystal

Namaste mikron

[Spiritlite]

this is such a fascinating topic
Spiritlite.