The Tao Of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory And Practice In Traditional China

pretty nice product for the cost.

To put it frankly, I wasn't purchasing this because I wanted super duper AUTHENTIC quality minerals or anything. I really just wanted a shiny colorful rock to have on my desk, fiddle with, look at and be like "neat colors." That was my whole motivation: rad visually pleasing colors. For that simplicity, it technically fulfills its duties, as long as you're not worrying about the neatness of the cut. It was also packaged very well, which was cool!The downside? It's no where near the vividness of the picture (I ordered two separate types, and sadly both fall into this category). I did expect this to some degree because the pictures are always going to be better and touched up, and it's natural to expect variation. Still, what was supposed to be some hot magenta into a sunset gradient ended up being dark blue atop a faded thin layer of gold, like they skimped on the titanium coating or something.TL;DR, I was hoping for more COLOR in these, and if you are scoping these for a little bit of shelf decor (the price at least isn't costly considering the size) to tailor your expectations.

Awesome and colorful quartz geode, was a nice gift for a friend.

It looked fake

Nice product!

The picture is indicative of false advertising. The stone I received is white and shiny, but no rainbow at all, and it is not as large as the picture. Essentially, it doesn't look anything like a rainbow or the picture.

Great piece - goes great with my collectio!Thnak You

Bestie sent pics and it was a very pretty crystal cluster and she even commented on the packaging and sent photos of nice gift bag it was packaged in.

Chinese thought is neglected by westerners. This is foolish because they do know what they are talking about. Clausewitz could learn quite a lot from reading this book. However in common with a lot of books translated from Chinese and japanese it could do with the sentences chopped down in size.

A huge book still getting through it