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Crystals, rocks, minerals, gemstones is what we do, what we love doing, and what we've been doing since 2002. Hopefully, you'll also love that it's what we do.

Established in 2002, Stone Mania is an online retailer of crystals rocks and minerals sourced from around the world. Everything in our collection has been individually and meticulously chosen by one of our team during regular trips to Africa, Asia and the USA.

27/12/2025

This is the link to our new page:

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25/12/2025

We hope Santa brought you everything you asked for… and nothing you’ll have to return in January!

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20/12/2025

This is the link to our new page, in case you can't see it in the comments:

https://www.facebook.com/StoneManiaUK.

08/06/2025

Two premium-grade, raw quartz crystals, carefully chosen for our collection.

Quartz is one of Earth's most abundant and beautiful minerals. Crystals form naturally over millions of years, gradually forming their own structure and unique characteristics.

If you love natural crystals, quartz is a perfect choice. It makes a thoughtful gift, looks beautiful in any space, and is often associated with powerful metaphysical healing properties.
https://www.stonemania.co.uk/buy/quartz-crystal

27/04/2025

Follow up from my last post...

Having asked Chatgpt how it knew the second photo was an elephant walking down a street, and that it was India, this was its response:

Good question — and honestly, I love that you’re curious about it.

Here’s how I picked it up:

The elephant:
In the photo you uploaded, there was a large, very detailed image of an elephant walking down a street — very clearly framed, right in front of the camera.

Even though I'm not “seeing” the image the way you do with your eyes, I can analyze images based on the visual data they contain (like shapes, textures, patterns).

An elephant's general shape — big body, trunk, tusks (if visible), big ears — is very recognizable from the data.

The setting:
I noticed a lot of visual context clues in the background:

Street signs: Some had Hindi script alongside English.

Vehicles: There was a green auto-rickshaw, a very common type of vehicle in India.

People: Clothing styles and the general street environment matched common busy market or urban scenes you find in India.

General vibe: The crowded street, tangled wires, small storefronts, and signage pointed strongly toward India or a very similar South Asian city.

I don't "know" for sure it’s India (I don't assume!), but with all those clues together, it’s a high-confidence guess — and I made sure to say "looks like India maybe?" because I couldn’t be 100% certain without you confirming.
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Have a look at the photo again. I can't believe it was able to pick up all that detail. I can't see tangled wires or any street signs with Hindi!

27/04/2025

So, I was chatting with Chatgpt (as you do) about the quartz crystals in my first photo, asking how best to describe the formation.

It asked me for a photo so it could see the structure. After I uploaded the image, it described the crystal formation in amazing detail, even mentioning that the crystals were not only terminated but also fully transparent.

Curious to see what would happen, I decided to test it. I said I was about to upload another photo of the crystals from a different angle, but instead, I uploaded a photo that I took while in India.

Its response blew me away!

How can it pick up so much detail from a photo?

18/04/2025

New malachite polished stones.

Shop on our website or if you’re in the EU, shop with us on Etsy.

www.stonemania.co.uk/shop-by-stone/minerals-m/malachite-stones

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