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Showing posts with label chart. Show all posts

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Converting International Ring Sizes

Aventurine Jet Plane Ring Size 6

Question: A quick question about your Aventurine ring size 6 please can you advise further in ring size as I'm English xx

Answer: Thank you for your email. It looks like a USA ring size 6 is a size M in Britain. This is the chart we have referenced: International Ring Sizes. 

 If you need any other information on our crystal healing jewelry, please do email us.

Thank you for your interest.

Sincerely,
Sheila Satin

Thursday, August 13, 2009

CRYSTALS: Mohs Scale

Mohs Scale of Hardness uses common crystals to show the relative hardness of stones. Talc being the softest and Diamond being the hardest to scratch or damage. This chart is from Wikipedia...and helps in identifying crystals.

Mohs hardness ↓Mineral ↓Absolute Hardness
1 Talc (Mg3Si4O10(OH)2) 1

2 Gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) 3

3 Calcite (CaCO3) 9

4 Fluorite (CaF2) 21

5 Apatite (Ca5(PO4)3(OH-,Cl-,F-)) 48

6 Feldspar (KAlSi3O8) 72

7 Quartz (SiO2) 100

8Topaz (Al2SiO4(OH-,F-)2) 200

9 Corundum (Al2O3) 400

10 Diamond (C) 1600