It will never cease to amaze me how different people get attracted to different rocks. And the attraction is sometimes insatiable.
There we are in Quartzsite or Tucson, with trestle tables absolutely choc-a-block full of rocks for sale. They are polished faces and slabs and range from stunning reds, mauves, pinks and purples to greens, blues and yellows. Beautiful, exquisite rocks.
I have seen people try to walk past but look twice and find they have to take a closer look. Then they have to touch. One lady picked up a piece of Mookaite and marvelled at the colours and the 'picture' she could see. She continued to walk around the whole booth looking at all the rocks but found herself drawn back to the same piece. As she looked closer at the boxful of unpolished slabs she found the 'sister' piece to the one that caught her eye. She held them up and exclaimed to her friend, "Look! That's Arizona!" It took her just a few minutes to realise that she could not possibly leave our booth without these pieces of rock.
And often people have no idea why they 'must have' that piece of rock. And to be honest, at times neither do we because sometimes they choose a rock that we think is rubbish.
There is a huge amount written on the metaphysical properties of rock and when I see people drawn to various types and colours I feel there really must be something in it.
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