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   ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 17:43:14 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

   i think it is unbelievably cool that we have so much control over the natural world that you can go to aliexpress, type "<gem name> 200g" and boom, more often than not you can buy a crystal clear, perfect gemstone for like fifty bucks

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 17:56:18 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     "I want a gemstone the size of my fist and I want to pick the color exactly, down to the wavelength" i understand friend is it okay if it takes two weeks to make?

     peak civilization

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 17:58:58 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     they can vary the color over one axis too by varying the dopant concentration

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     Pim de Groot (mifune@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 18:07:36 JST Pim de Groot

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     @whitequark it's the part of technology I like. "Email somebody in China", box with things exactly as you wanted to exist appears some time later.

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 18:24:15 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • F4GRX Sébastien

     @f4grx nah just scratch it

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     F4GRX Sébastien (f4grx@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 18:24:17 JST F4GRX Sébastien

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     @whitequark lets just hope it's not colored lime glass. You'll need this to check it (sorry I could not find one with free shipping)

     https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005009289995770.html

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 18:25:05 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • archiloque

     @archiloque you'll have to ask a jeweler

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     archiloque (archiloque@felin.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 18:25:07 JST archiloque

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     @whitequark can they make skull-shapes ones?

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 21:35:07 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Robin Bradshaw

     @en4rab jokes aside yes you can absolutely buy gain media for cheap

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     Robin Bradshaw (en4rab@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 21:35:08 JST Robin Bradshaw

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     @whitequark does it come in a cylinder with parallel polished ends version for a reasonable price?

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 21:35:08 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Robin Bradshaw

     @en4rab sometimes!

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 21:36:02 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Gregly

     @gregly i think ive only ever been scammed on aliexpress once out of hundreds of items, and it was a "someone stole it from the box"

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     Gregly (gregly@retro.pizza)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 21:36:03 JST Gregly

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     @whitequark I’d be concerned about scams, but other than that I agree, it’s extremely cool