for an art project. I need a couple handfuls, so maybe a pound? ish? Depends how much they cost.
Problem is there’s no store nearby that I could get them, and I can’t find any place online that sells bulk moonstones. All I can find are places like this where you can buy really nice pieces individually, but what I’m looking for is quantity not quality. They don’t have to be that nice.
Heck, I guess they don’t even have to actually be moonstones. Any smooth (polished) white transparenty irridescenty stone will do. Can’t find any place online that sells that either. Google’s not helping.
Actually I found this but :: they only ship to the UK. But that would otherwise be perfect. Exactly what I’m looking for: bulk quantity tumble polished moonstones. (Not too expensive, either. £15 (which is, what, about $20 US?) for about 100 stones. Sweet.)
So, teeming millions, can you help me? Please please?
Go down to your local comic/card shop, any place that sells games like Magic:The Gathering. D&D games might be good, too. Ask them if they have a set of counters like you describe. Usually they’ll have sets of colored rocks, all polished and smooth, around the size of a lima bean. I bought mine a few years ago and they were relatively cheap. Maybe you could get a few sets, about 30 stones in a set, for around $10, I’m not sure anymore.
I tried my hand at a Google search (polished rocks moonstone), and I thought this one in Virginia looked promising: Multistone International, Inc.
"Your Gemstone and Mineral SuperMarket"™
Manufacturer / Wholesaler / Retailer / Wholesale to the Trade
MOONSTONE MIXED COLOR. India. #11RR) $12.00 lb. White, Gray, Peach and Brown colors, sold in mixed color parcels only. 1 - 5 inch sizes.
: they only ship to the UK. But that would otherwise be perfect. Exactly what I’m looking for: bulk quantity tumble polished moonstones. (Not too expensive, either. £15 (which is, what, about $20 US?) for about 100 stones. Sweet.)