Beautiful Purple Lepidolite Rough Slab!! here
Photos taken on plain pure white background to give most accurate colors rendition. Simply match pure white on your monitor to the white backgrounds of my pictures and you will have the most accurate colors possible over the internet. Many sellers on eBay are either intentionally or unintentionally using all non-white backgrounds to hide the true colors of their items. If there isn't at least ONE photo with a known white area then you can't know for sure what the colors are. For example color shift towards red will make red and orange colors brighter and more intense. While blue shift can make gray look blue in jasper and purple look like violet in agate, sugilite or jade. Blue shift can also cause lapis to appear better than it really is. These differences DO AFFECT value so always ask for at least one photo on a plain white background from your sellers. Note also that photos taken in sunlight frequently have blue shift which makes colors appear more blue and/or violet. See following eBay tutorial for Picasa 3 and note that this picture of rough was taken in full sunlight but the colors are NOT ACCURATE. This:
is really THIS:
(This rock is not in auction and is for informational purposes only.) A reference color of WHITE is needed to enable you to adjust the colors accurately.
Go to the link below and then click on +Follow as in the image above. https://www.ebay.com/usr/zbestvalue
Dry
Please note that if you are buying multiple items please wait for us to send an invoice before paying. eBay will send an instant automatic invoice but please IGNORE this since the combined shipping cost will frequently be incorrect. I will combine items to save you money on shipping.
All photos taken with Canon G3 camera using industry standard SoLux lighting which gives best color accuracy and is closest to full spectrum as possible. Slabs and rough pictured wet to show colors unless otherwise noted.
Thanks for looking!
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