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SRL Gemstone

@srlgemstone

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If you see a rock that just makes you go "that's GOTTA be mine", just get in touch or visit my stores.

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“The Bug Inside the Stone” or maybe a “Geological Ladybug”… 🐞✨

Inside this banded agate slice, the black-and-white formation and the distinct “eye” look as if a tiny creature has been preserved within the stone for millions of years.

The circular structure at the center formed as layers of silica slowly precipitated inside a cavity, creating this natural eye-like pattern. The darker tones are traces of iron and manganese, while the white crackled area reflects the natural shrinkage of silica when it was once in a gel-like state.

The calm banding along the bottom whispers that this piece did not form in a single moment, but through multiple geochemical phases over time.

Sometimes nature imitates a living creature,and sometimes it simply awakens our imagination.

I see a ladybug…
What do you see? 👁️ ❤

#valentineday #ladybug #agatecollector #lapidary #lapidaryartist #collectible #rockhound #geology #geologyrocks #rare #naturalart by @srlgemstone

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8 months ago

I’ve been a bit outside my comfort zone lately, yet these mesmerizing patterns continue to bring me so much joy. Sharing that joy with you means a lot to me. I hope you find as much beauty and delight in these formations as I do. 💫

#facetofacefriday #agate #cuteface #orbicularagate #rockhound #agatecollector #collectible #decorativerock #macro_perfection #photograpy #artworld #crystalsofinstagram #lapidaryartist #lapidary #geology by @srlgemstone

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Love is everywhere..♥️ Amazing botryoidal plume agate rough #agate #lapidary #agatecollector #geology #rockhound by @srlgemstone

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An amazing piece of art that reflects Piet Mondrian’s abstract vision, much like the ‘Empty Buildings’ I named it.

Psedoumorph Agate - Wet shot

#agate #abstractart #pietmondrian #lapidary #agatecollector #collectible #srlgemstone #artofnature #rockhound #tubeagate #geologyrocks #geologyart by @srlgemstone

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2 days ago

Banded Rhyolite Agate - Wet shot

#agate #crystalcollector #lapidary #rockhound #collectible #bandedagate #geology #geologyrock #mineralspecimens by @srlgemstone

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Oh, I definitely fell in love. ❤

Like a glimpse from the depths of space… Galaxies in the blues, nebula clouds in the reds… As if a tiny universe had drifted here from millions of light-years away.

Plume & Orbicular Aagte Pair -Wet Shot-

#agate #galaxystone #nebula #space #agatecollector #lapidary #geology #geologyrocks #mossagate #collectible #rockhound #astronomy by @srlgemstone

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4 days ago

Amazing formation - Lace Agate

#agate #lapidary #rockhound #geology #crystals by @srlgemstone

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5 days ago

A Sauropod Love Story ❤ ☺️

Almus agate pair - Wet shot

#agate #crystalcollector #agatecollector #sauropods #dinosaurs #lapidary #lapidaryartist #geology #geologyrocks #paleontology #rockhound #love #rockcollecting by @srlgemstone

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I loved the glow on the tube formations. Like crystal world. ✨

Bande & 3d Tube Agate Pair - wet shot

#agate #3dart #nature_lovers #bandedagate #lapidary #collectible #agatecollector #geology #crystalcollector #crystals #rockhound #mineralspecimen by @srlgemstone

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7 days ago

Two figures framed by mossy textures and delicate white bands… Turn the stone upside down, and they become a single figure.

Maybe being one doesn't mean two becoming one, but realizing they were always two different sides of the same whole.

-Wet Shot-

#agate #mossagate #lapidary #lapidaryrough #agatecollector #collectables #philosophie #redagate #rockhound #positivevibrations #healingstone #decorativerock #geology #geologyrocks #healingcrystals #crystalhealingenergy by @srlgemstone

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I’ve been asking myself one question for as long as I can remember: Why am I here?
Maybe it’s to feel the warmth of a touch, to be amazed by something I see, to wonder what lies beyond what meets the eye, to explore, to think, and to fall in love with all of it…
I think I’m a romantic at heart. But not just in the way we usually think of love between people. It’s a love for the beauty of creation, the mysteries of nature, and that indescribable something hidden within existence itself.
For me, some of life’s magic lies right there. Not just in seeing the world, but in being able to feel that sense of wonder as we look at it.
Sometimes, I find a little window into the mystery of an entire universe within a single stone.
Floater Agate - Wet shot

#agate #lapidary #rockhound #philosophie #agatecollector #collectible #artofnature #surrealart #crystalcollector #agatestone #energystones #positivepsychology #geology #geologyrocks by @srlgemstone

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That figure in the pink cloud, looking like a wooden artist mannequin… Don’t you think it feels like it has a story that’s a little surreal, a little artistic, maybe even philosophical? Almost like art within the stone, and another thought hidden within the art…

Almus Agate Pair - Wet shot

#agatecollector #lapidaryartist #agateart #surrealart #lapidary #agate #rockhound #pinkagate #geology #geologyrock #collectible #gemstonelover #crystalcollector by @srlgemstone

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