In Case Anyone Wondered - I'm Definitely Weird!

[badly_knitted]

As some of you may know, I'm rather.... passionate (or possibly obsessed) about crystals and semi-precious stones. I love nature and natural things, but crystals are my favourites, it amazes me that these beautiful stones can just grow or be formed by layers of minerals under pressure, and that some are hundreds of thousands of years old, or even older. Nuummite, for instance, is believed to be the oldest mineral on earth at around 3 billion years old! I find it hard to wrap my head around that!

Anyway, I was browsing ebay, looking at all the pretty crystals and wishing I had a few thousand pounds to spend when I came across this:





I looked at it, and it looked back at me....  and now it's sitting beside my computer, staring at me.

I'm weak-willed, I know, but it's cute, I couldn't resist!

So, for anyone who already thought I was weird, you now have proof!

 

Comments

[crazycatt71]

I think it's adorable.

[badly_knitted]

That's what I thought too! Who could resist those eyes? I snapped it up before anyone else could. Good quality stones like this one sell very fast and I couldn't bear the thought of someone else buying it!

[milady_dragon]

He looks so friendly! I just want to reach through the screen and rub him. :)

[badly_knitted]

I know! He looked so pleading, sitting there on ebay, wanting a home, like he was saying, "Please buy me!" I'm a sucker for big, puppy dog eyes, even if they're on a rock! Lovely texture too, and three more 'eyes'. Of all the different Jaspers (and there seem to be more every day!) Orbicular Jasper is my favourite, but I've never seen a piece with such huge eyes, the largest is a centimetre across!

Dragon-Ianto has his hoard and I have mine =)
(I suspect his is worth a great deal more than mine, but I prefer semi-precious stones to high quality gems and gold!)

[milady_dragon]

Well, dragon!Ianto had most of his hoard given to him, so he didn't have much choice in what he got. *grins*

[badly_knitted]

This is true! I'm rather more selective with what I add to mine - they don't all have eyes, though one reminds me of Torchwood's poor Space Whale from Meat!