Bonus #2: Smoky Quartz

This bonus post was inspired by what is probably my favourite colour, brown. Yes, warm shades of rust and tan (and a few browns) appeared in the Amber post; and brown has appeared in combination with yellow, green, purple, and turquoise. However, there are so many shades of brown that haven't been touched on yet, at any rate not in variants where brown or beige is the dominant colour. Smoky Quartz seems like the most appropriate stone for this bonus post.



Because I'm fond of brown tones, I have them in a variety of textures. A light hand with the contrast can result in significant differences in appearance when dealing with monochromatic variants. Here are some fawn examples:



Of course, there are also a lot of very fancy variants, too:





Bonus #2b: Onyx

Onyx is a banded form of chalcedony. It's basically the same as Agate, but the bands are parallel rather than curvy. Given the feathery pattern of brown128.jpg and its derivatives, Agate would probably be the more appropriate semiprecious stone to use here, except that agate comes in many patterns and colour combinations; but Onyx is most commonly associated with black or black & white.

The following variants resemble some that appeared for Moonstone and Hematite; but those were clearly achromatic, or nearly so. The variants here are all coloured variants in very dark and pale tones.







Previous Days:
Prompts #1 and #2 (Amber and Topaz)
Prompt #2 (Rose Quartz)
Prompt #3 (Garnet)
Prompts #3 and #4 (Moonstone and Hematite)
Prompt #4 (Kyanite)
Prompt #5 (Peridot)
Prompt #5 (Bloodstone)
Prompt #6 (Aquamarine)
Prompt #6 (Amethyst)
Prompt #7 (Sunshine Jasper)
Bonus #1 (Turquoise)

Bonus #3: Rubellite

When I did the post for Amethyst, I decided not to include the shades between violet and red. However, I'm sure there are others who adore them; and, as I do have some variants in those colours, it doesn't seem fair—if only to the graphics themselves!—to leave them out. So here are a small selection in shades of fuchsia, orchid, puce, and burgundy.

I had to google to find a semiprecious stone in this colour, and was lucky enough to come up with Rubellite. It's one of the names for the pink or red tones of Tourmaline.

As before, I'm going to start with some monochromatic versions:



And now for some fancier ones:






Previous Days:
Prompts #1 and #2 (Amber and Topaz)
Prompt #2 (Rose Quartz)
Prompt #3 (Garnet)
Prompts #3 and #4 (Moonstone and Hematite)
Prompt #4 (Kyanite)
Prompt #5 (Peridot)
Prompt #5 (Bloodstone)
Prompt #6 (Aquamarine)
Prompt #6 (Amethyst)
Prompt #7 (Sunshine Jasper)
Bonus #1 (Turquoise)
Bonus #2 (Smoky Quartz and Onyx)