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For the month of April, a change. Each day you will see photos of some of my collection of crystals and minerals. My father was a keen amateur geologist (and lapidarist) and I inherited that interest. The geology bit, lapidary not so much. There can be no denying the beauty of the very building blocks of our planet, and to handle them brings a sense of calm. Let us begin with a shot of the central bowl which holds the majority of my 'gems'...