Rips off... was Gems v Crystals

[Guest guest]

I want to address your statement about buying most of your items on ebay...

 

This is a caveat... Be careful! There are many dealers on ebay who don't

know what they are doing. People find something... write something up

about it or worse.. steal information from a legitimate website. There is

always Ajoite on Ebay that is Not ajoite... it is chrysocolla in quartz.

The sad

thing is that many of these dealers just don't know that they are doing or

are naive and believe the unscrupulous wholesaler who sold it to them.

 

For Example..

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Ajoite-in-Rough-Quartz-Messina-South-Africa_W0QQitemZ20030\

8159587QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item200308159587 & _trksid=p3286\

..c0.m14 & _trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294\

%3A50

This isn't even from South Africa... it is acutally from Zimbabwe across

the border from the Messina Mine.

 

Some of the ebay dealers who are selling stones that are not what they

say they are even have 100% positive feedback.. because the poor novice

that buys from them doesn't know any better either!

 

There are many more legitimate dealers on Ebay than frauds. But... you have

to have discernment when using Ebay.

 

There are even some big name dealers in the business who mis represent

the stones they sell simply as a marketing strategy. I was told in Tucson by

one Brazilian dealer of an American business that buys this dealers

Strawberry Quartz

that is mined in Brazil and the American retailer sells it as Madagascar

Morganite! This is a very well

known company that is doing this... and one many people rely on for

information

as well.

 

I have seen other items such as Amethyst Clusters or points on Ebay..

and the

dealer says they are AA Grade or such.. and are really a very poor and

low quality.

If the buyer hasn't experienced better stones in person they don't have

a reference

point to know if the item is really that grade or not.

 

Bottom line... just because a dealer says it is A, AA, or AAA doesn't mean

that it is any better than a B (Commercial Grade) or even that it is

what they are saying

it is.

 

Anyway... I know there are a lot of novices on this list and I don't

want to see any of you

getting burned on your purchases. :-)

 

In gratitude,

 

John Van Rees

http://www.exquisitecrystals.com

 

 

 

 

> Sorry I hit the wrong button and it posted before I finished typing.

> As for a gem, I consider it to be just the same healing as a raw

> crystals. A gem has been cut and polished into a beautiful shape that

> the particular crystal wanted to be. It's shape may have been

> changed but not the chemical composition or color. A tumbled stone

> has been changed just as much as a gem has.

>

> As for using it in a grid, listen to your heart and intuition. The

> crystal or stone will let you know if it is right to use.

> I hope this helps.

>

> Peace, Love and Hope.

> Chris & O

> www.earthhealingcrystals.com

>

>

> <%40>, " anilsaiba "

> <suryauditprasad wrote:

> >

> > Hello,

> > I hope I don't annoy people with the amount of posts I write in. I

> > just love the group conversations and it motivates so much.

> >

> > As I buy most of my crystals at the moment off ebay, I come across

> > lots of references of A grade, AA grade or even AAA grade. Also

> gems

> > which are used in the jewelery side of things. Can anyone explain

> > whether a 'gem' is more or less powerful than the same in 'crystal'

> > form (tumbled/raw). Is the difference only to do with the beauty

> and

> > cost?

> >

> > What makes a 'gem' a gem?

> >

> > Examples are Ruby. I have a ruby tumblestone and it is nothing like

> > the precious stone Rubies you get in jewellery. So is it

> essentially

> > the same stone in terms of healing or are they completely differnt?

> >

> > Also a crystal wih a hole drilled through it... would you say that

> is

> > an injured crystal? Could we still use it in a grid?

> >

> > Thanks

> > Anjani

> >

>

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