Labradorites are such beautiful stones that they've been the subject of legends for thousands of years. And the way we got them is pretty legendary too, because it basically shouldn't have been possib
Many years ago, a building (the name escapes me for now) in downtown Portland, OR was clad entirely in Labradorite. It was torn down sometime in the late '70s-early '80s and I kept a foot-square or so piece for years. I wonder what ever happened to that?
You should do an episode on Rainbow lattice sunstone - it is mad - and only found in one tiny 1.1km2 part of the Hart Ranges near Alice Springs. It looks like a rainbow computer chip frozen in stone.
I never thought of the formation of these stones being similar in principle to how the some physical properties of metals (mainly hardness) are deliberately manipulated with heat and different rates of cooling in metallurgy (in particular those of steels). It makes a lot more sense now, but never would have thought about it this way if it wasn't for this video. Thanks 🙇♀
Since you didn't mention it, I will. Plutons are named after Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld who is more commonly known as the Greek god Hades, though the Romans supposedly used both interchangeably. Plutons are thus the erupting furies and violent expanding evil of his domain, trapped within the earth before they could harm Jupiter's children.
As a ‘mom’ who wears these stones in much of my jewelry, that title made me giggle 😂. Thank you for this informative video, I get to have even more info about my favorite stone now 😊
Labradorite is one of my favourite stones. I have a few pebbles and a gratuitous Orb with a little stand, for putting on the table when we're roleplaying :)
I wear a beautiful almost clear labradorite stone with gorgeous blue flash. They call that rainbow moonstone even though it's not really moonstone. It's on a gold chain around my neck always.
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"Sure... Albite." 😂