Got a new kitty! *Pics* UPDATE: He's got a name!!

[BarkerChickens]

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The blue and pink halites are natural....not dyed.

Cool, huh!

 

[debilorrah]

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The blue and pink halites are natural....not dyed.

Cool, huh!

I knew that but the burgundy and green ones are. DARK blood red ones too. I love the blue ones.

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Halite is the mineral mined for table salt. It comes in all different colors (colorless, pink, blue, voilet, gray, yellow, etc) and has a beautiful cubic crystal structure to it. There is an area near us in the the Mojave Desert that lets people go out once a year and collect their own pink halite.


Here's a few pics of natural Halite (raw)

This one is from Searles Lake in the Mojave Desert:

From other places:

 

[debilorrah]

I LOVE the purple and blue. I've never seen the purple at the Gem & Mineral show before.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Name him Halite and call him Hal. And then you can walk around the house singing " You can call me Betty And Betty when you call me. I can call you Hal..."
(with apologies to Paul Simon)

 

[BarkerChickens]

I am still undecided...

We like a few, but nothing that we have settled on yet.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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Ugh dont go there. These are simple and cheap at rock shows.

Oh Hush! I was teasing!

 

[BarkerChickens]

We still haven't decided on a name for the poor 'lil guy.

Some of the names I like so far are...

Slate
Flint
Hendrix
Jethro
Darwin
Agate
Moh (Moe)
Malachite - seems a bit long

Some I like more than others.

Any other ideas?

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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No number 3 on this list. Did like Mica that somone posted. If wanting to stick with the "stone thing" how about Poobah. Don't want the Grand Poobah to get his "rocks" crushed, lol

 

[BarkerChickens]

Can't name the cat Mica...one of our dogs is Mika.