reddpenn: Hey, I haven’t posted any photos of my rock collection in a hot minute, so who wants to...

I wanted to meme before the big day. Gentle reminder here that there are e...

reddpenn:

Hey, I haven’t posted any photos of my rock collection in a hot minute, so who wants to...

Hey, I haven’t posted any photos of my rock collection in a hot minute, so who wants to see my GEMMIEST GEMSTONES?? I think I’ve shown some of these before, but these are my best and brightest girls!

This sparkly girl is topaz! This gemstone can come in many different colors, but it’s most commonly found in this lovely tea-colored golden brown. Like diamond, it’s a very hard but very fragile gemstone (8 on the mohs scale). Before people realized they were all different stones with ...