#stone names

[fantasynamesbymeforyou]

Adri अद्रि- m (Hindi) stone, mountain, cloud

According to behindthename.com, some ancient Hindu beliefs claimed that mountains were solidified clouds*

*this was only on behindthename, so don't take it as fact. If anyone can find a source let me know!

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[namemeaningsdaily]

Quartz

Gender: Neutral

Origin: Gemology

Meaning: A hard, white or colorless mineral Consisting of silicon dioxide

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People who mispronounce gemstone names after I’ve corrected them makes me unreasonably upset.

I’m not talking about little things, like SEE-lynn-ite versus CELL-in-ite [selenite]. I don’t so much mind little quirks like that, because I know that verbal ticks are different from region to region. But when you get them completely wrong . . .

I mean like:

“Where’s your peridite?” . . . “You mean pear-eh-DOH? [peridot]?” . . . “Yeah, peridite.”

“I need some lupis luzilu.” . . . Lapis lazuli.

“You said you have labradite?” . . . Labradorite.

“Do you have any seetrone?” . . . Took me a while, but I figured out she meant citrine.

I always gently correct people when they accidentally get the name wrong, but I think this lady’s doing it on purpose. *grumble*