Here's another new one, enhydro crystals

[celticstock]

Speaking of the practice of merchandising, I just ran across "Enhydro Crystals".

This would mean a quartz crystal containing an air (or as they say water) bubble created during it's growth process. But marketing states that they are from "Brandberg and Erongo areas of Namibia" and are off course much more expensive.

For the record, a bubble can form at any time and at any place, in a crystal, in the world.

While an air bubble inside a crystal is definately beautiful an may mean you have a nice air diva or some such at home, it should not raise crystal price by the degrees that I just saw. In fact 15 years ago, that would've been considered a flaw and would've gone cheaper. So again, the wonders of marketing!

[celticstock]

This web site has an excellent realistic desciption of the phenomenon, and why the terminolgy is not acurate. For those of you who run across enhydros...

http://www.gamineral.org/enhydros.html



For the record, a bubble can form at any time and at any place, in a crystal, in the world. !

[Copperaven]

oh yeah itsn't it interesting how one year a flaw is just that a flaw and the next year it is a special enhancement and triples or more the price

most of the "enhydros" that I have seen and own one, are from Brazil, the Namibia ones must be a new find, I have had mine for about 12 years give or take a year

[CzechWoods]

namaste,
I understand that a rise in stones prices for the gem stone collector is hard to bear.

i understand also that with the lemurian quartz, where someone has a channeled information, you can have twisted feelings about the authencity etc.

BUT the enhydro is NOT a rip of AT ALL.

First things first. The namibia/Brandberg enhydro is now new found. I have seen crystals mined some 60 yeras ago and more, back than Namibia would be still refered to as German South West among German stone collectors. (It used to be a German Colony until the ned of WW1.)

The term Brandberg for the mining region in fact refers to a "Burn-Mountain" a volcanic mountain in Namibia with extreme heat and little water. There many very beautiful UNIQUE crystals are to be found, clear quartz partly turning into smokey quartz or/and amethyst, some including a water bubble.

The water bubble in a stone (when not made artificially) is one extreme rare occurance, and it is obvious, that something, which is not occuring all the time will cost more than something that is "easily" obtainable.

More beautiful african enhydros come from Madagascar, RSA. I have seen Himalayan Enhydro Quartz and also have obtained some herkimer quartz with enhydro inclusion.

maybe this is sounding silly, but I have never met any stone matching the energy of an enhydro, the intensity and power of those crystals is unbelievable. I can talk about it, i have several.

I am not saying that a stone is any above another, but this energy is extraordinary, and because such a stone is in fact a rare thing, the price is as such.

I know, that stone collectors may see many things as flaws, but i dont give a sh!t about collectors flaws. I know where most of these flaws objectives are motivated in anyway, in setting some -non-natural- hierarchies, and craving for a perfection, that is obvious only to a limited mind.

Of course as soon as there is a market for something, prices will climb up, but that is absolutely normal not only in the stone industry.

I overfloew the article you posted, but again, it is written from the same accademic closed minds point of view, that is claiming to know all while it doesnt. these people have 0 understanding of stone healing, stone energies. the only respect from these kind of people is for their scholarship but not the stone, nor Mother Earth.

Besides, I know these kind of "experts" who will always try to rip of the vendor in order to enlarge their private collections. no thanks.

[celticstock]

it is written from the same accademic closed minds point of view, that is claiming to know all while it doesnt. these people have 0 understanding of stone healing, stone energies. the only respect from these kind of people is for their scholarship but not the stone, nor Mother Earth.

Besides, I know these kind of "experts" who will always try to rip of the vendor in order to enlarge their private collections. no thanks.

I did not say that such a stone would not have special energy. In fact I believe I said that it could . I own an enhydro herkimer from NY (where herkimers are from). It is an inch and a hlaf long and quite beautiful.

What I did say is that the term enhydro is incorrect and that such stones can be found anywhere on the planet, and probably on other planets contaning silica based crystal.

They are also not only quartz.

Also, I said that marketing is getting quite out of hand. It is. Terminolgy is swayed to confuse the uneducated consumer. And, I posted academic information for those who may wish it. There is nothing wrong with experts or their information. It is all a matter of what is done with it.

Yes, I am a geologist, with a degree. I am also a druid practictioner and the two can go together. I do not believe academics deserve bashing or that all are close minded and there are many scholars on this planet who do nothing but try to preserve this planet. If there weren't it would already be much worse off than it is.

For all of those scholars deciding on new bombs and power sources, there is another charting the effects and posting that information so that others may act upon it.

[CzechWoods]

I did not say that such a stone would not have special energy. In fact I believe I said that it could . I own an enhydro herkimer from NY (where herkimers are from). It is an inch and a hlaf long and quite beautiful.

What I did say is that the term enhydro is incorrect and that such stones can be found anywhere on the planet, and probably on other planets contaning silica based crystal.

They are also not only quartz.

Also, I said that marketing is getting quite out of hand. It is. Terminolgy is swayed to confuse the uneducated consumer. And, I posted academic information for those who may wish it. There is nothing wrong with experts or their information. It is all a matter of what is done with it.

Yes, I am a geologist, with a degree. I am also a druid practictioner and the two can go together. I do not believe academics deserve bashing or that all are close minded and there are many scholars on this planet who do nothing but try to preserve this planet. If there weren't it would already be much worse off than it is.

For all of those scholars deciding on new bombs and power sources, there is another charting the effects and posting that information so that others may act upon it.

i had an article written to reply you.
telling you what i meant with what, but wtf
maybe you are an exception, one of the few geologists who care - who knows

i on the other hand follow strict guidlines (by far more strict than any law) on informing my customers; but see no reason for putting the enhydro's into a worse light, anyway

we have bigger problems now

so i give you this first :fpraise: for your respect for Mother Earth
then i go even for your general vendor bashing by this _wedgie_
because i am this :halohead: when it comes to declaration of stones
i say :imout: and :excuseme: