Crystal Identification help! (1 Viewer)

[sea101]

Hello all
Hoping you can help us work out the crystals I have here. We bought them in a large pack and are giving them to guests at our wedding along with their meaning.
These are the last ones I can’t work out. I’m wondering if 1,2,3 &4 are purified wood although #1 has some sparkle inside of it so I’m not sure. Thank you!

 

[Lila]

With those layers 1 does look like some kind of agatized/petrified material to me. Could be petrified wood. So could 3 if I am guessing what it looks like end-on; hard to tell in the pic.
5's green could be malachite druzy? Malachite often comes with chyrsocolla. (I'm wearing such a pendant now).
Best guess for 6 is iron oxides etc in quartz
8 looks like an amethyst tip to me.
Love the colours for 7 + 9 (serpentine?) though I've not much to add.

I did something similar a few years ago... went to a rock shop to get some stones to give out to folks coming to my birthday party and called it a 'rock party' telling people that my favourite gift would be a rock from anyplace; especially good if it came with a story.
Got a few beauties and really enjoyed the party. We all had fun.

Have a wonderful wedding. I love the idea of rocks as wedding party favours

 

[Linda]

I've got some petrified wood, and 3 and 4 look like it to me. I cannot tell from the picture of 1, but agree with Lila.

What a fun and clever idea for your wedding! Best wishes to you all.

 

[Anaeika]

Petrified wood can definitely have bits of crystal quartz in them. The wood gets replaced w minerals.

Lila , a rock party is such a brilliant idea! It makes me want to throw such a party one day. You are giving me ideas...

 

[Lila]

Petrified wood can definitely have bits of crystal quartz in them. The wood gets replaced w minerals.

Lila , a rock party is such a brilliant idea! It makes me want to throw such a party one day. You are giving me ideas...

Maybe sea101 will let us know how the 'wedding rock party' goes and give us tips for our upcoming 'rock parties'

... maybe I'll have a seed exchange party next... now you've got me thinking!

 

[sea101]

Thank you so much everyone
Yes we can't wait to see everyone's faces they discover their individual stone and read the meaning behind it
i'm thinking after some more research:

6 - perhaps the left two are Orange Calcite and the right two are quartz, although the bottom right has lines through it..
edit - or could the two on the right be orange moonstone?
7 - is Blue Apatite
8 - is Amethyst or Lepidolite?
9 - is Green Opal

What are your thoughts?

Searne

 

[sea101]

Further to the above I have made two videos showing close ups of 6. however it wont let me upload them

 

[Lila]

Thank you so much everyone
Yes we can't wait to see everyone's faces they discover their individual stone and read the meaning behind it
i'm thinking after some more research:

6 - perhaps the left two are Orange Calcite and the right two are quartz, although the bottom right has lines through it..
edit - or could the two on the right be orange moonstone?
7 - is Blue Apatite
8 - is Amethyst or Lepidolite?
9 - is Green Opal

What are your thoughts?

Searne

Agree about the possibility of orange calcite for the left 2 of 6. I would expect both moonstone and sunstone (another possibility, I think) to have some sparkle, though slightly different types of sparkle.
7 could easily be blue apatite.
My best guess is amethyst for 8, mostly because of the top bit. Also, I'm betting there are a lot of other minerals along with it, which can happen with amethyst; that would make it a particularly cool stone.
Not sure about 9 as the lighting really isn't helping with this pic; so green opal sounds very possible to me.

Either way, you've got the makings for an awesome party!