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both are beautiful. the green gives a cool feeling, the red gives a warm feeling. I like the Malachite a bit more on you.
Thanks for your very thorough explanation! Yes the SA mention that carnelian is much more durable comparing to malachite! I hate to baby my jewelry but I take everything off by the time I got home as well, nothing go to the shower with me except my necklace. I really do feel I can live with both, now it’s just the matter of choosing the color . I feel like now it’s either I get the rarest one so if one day I feel like I want the other one later I could just go to the store and purchase it. But yes everything was available for me to try except for the tiger eye. I’ll read more about malachite! Thanks again for your helpThey’re both stunning! Malachite is very delicate and will require more care and attention compared to carnelian. You can always replace motifs, but when malachite repeatedly touches water/sweat/lotions etc it will dull significantly (look at the malachite thread on here for more info).
You should also consider if one color or the other complements your wardrobe… but I vote carnelian because of ease.
Did you get to try on the other colors too (even just for fun!!!)? Tigers eye, onyx, blue agate and chalcedony (but the last is only in white gold) also all have similar durability to carnelian.
I wear my onyx everyday in a stack. I shower with it, and it doesn’t look as good as my bracelets that I don’t wear as frequently but it still looks very pretty, and you can’t tell any difference between those that i don’t wear as frequently and the onyx one after it’s been cleaned. It’s too hard for me personally to remove bracelets and put them on by myself multiple times a day, so that’s why i don’t take them off.
Sorry this may have been too much of a rant
Good luck with your decision!!!
My VCA trifecta and a brutally old sweater
tigers eye and mop 20s and carnelian earrings. The real thing - not just a color photocopy anymore
tigers eye and mop 20s and carnelian earrings. The real thing - not just a color photocopy anymore
I prefer the malachite but you really can’t go wrong with either.
Also try to see multiple pieces of each one. All of the stones except for onyx look different in each piece due to either color or striation differences. Carnelian and blue agate range in colors (and look different on skin compared to tray). Malachite, chalcedony and tigers eye vary a lot in striations. Certain striations and colors may speak to you more!
Both Malachite and carnelian are not that rare for VCA to my knowledge, I always see pieces in the store. Blue agate, chalcedony and tigers eye are a little bit harder to come by but definitely not impossible, with tigers eye being the most rare of those due to material scarcity.
Buy what makes your heart sing, rarity shouldn’t be the driving factor in your choice in my opinion as this is likely going to be a long term piece for you.
I do like the malachite better after sleeping on it. Thank you!
I am sure you will be happy with either! Good luck!
Really love malachite! It looks much lighter/vibrant in sunlight 
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Simulating the 20-motif effect by linking the YG Onyx 10 motif to a simple chain of similar length. Conveniently hidden 
under the collar!
under the collar!
What a neat idea and I love your outfit too!
you look lovely! May I please ask where your skirt is from? It looks like leather?
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Chalcedony . . . in case you needed any encouragement!We should just dive in and get some chalcedony!
It's such a lovely stone, and every time I see it in the case, I just stop to stare. It always catches my eye!
All this talk of chalcedony is inspiring me to try it on, again, for probably the 5th time.
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