Nicholas Pearson says he gets asked more and more questions these days about ethically sourced stones, how to ensure that our spiritual tools come from respectful and equitable avenues, the difference between treated, enhanced, synthetic and simulated gemstones, if altered stones have the same energy in spell work and healing as pure stones do, and how to recognize stones and crystals that aren't what they are said to be before you buy them by by their names and also how to identify stones that have been treated, synthesized or simulated. Nicholas not only answered all those questions and several more thanks to the inquisitive minds of our chat room participants and this was a truly interesting and enlightening hour about myths, misconceptions, fake stones and mistaken identities.