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| Fellfire |
Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 09:25:29
Have you ever seen a star-sapphire? Is there a black gem with similar inclusions? Jet, onyx, some variety of tiger(panther)eye? |
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| Lyiat |
Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 14:41:04
Eh... They're more purple, from what I've seen. Though I'm not going to deny that you've seen black ones. |
| Cards77 |
Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 13:36:32
I have seen first hand what we call locally "Star Garnets". They are very dark, almost black. Garnet material is fairly common, but star garnets are rare. Try googling them. I'm sure there is an example of a black sapphire with star inclusion somewhere. |
| Lyiat |
Posted - 20 Oct 2014 : 09:59:04
Star sapphires and rubies form due to inclusions (material trapped inside the crystal) of rutile trapped during the crystal formation. Inclusions happen within gemstones quite a bit, but the characteristic starburst doesn't really seem to happen outside of rubies and sapphires (which are actually the same thing, just with different impurities) that I know of. Couple that with the relative rareness of black gemstones... I don't think it happens. That said, it's the Forgotten Realms. Do whatever the heck you want. :P |
