u/Crafty-Reference9981

I'm recently into crafting, and I want to craft some moonstone bracelets because I LOVE LOVE LOVE them. However, I don't yet have the eye to know if they are good quality moonstones or not.

I bought this strand online, and I'm wondering what you think of the quality of these moonstones.
If they are of good quality I'm thinking of creating more to share with friends and family. What do you think ??

These photos were taken outside under sunlight on a very sunny day! Sometimes they seems to have good flash under some lighting but on other lights they seem quite white. Not sure if its because they are in the form of beads and it is inevitable (because I've only had moonstone rings before) or not.

For your reference the larger moonstones are 6mm round moonstones, and I bought them online for around 100 dollars for 60 stones.

The smaller ones I don't really remember, but I would like to know if the larger moonstones were worth the price!

The other beads are 925 Sterling silver and was made with elastic bands.

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Hello All,

To give you some context, I am an expat currently living in Germany, and in Germany there is a tax that you have to pay ( 9% of your income tax) when you join the Catholic church.

Starting last year, I had great interest in joining the Catholic church, probably thanks to my mother in law's prayers, and I decided to go through the RCIA course. I participated in all the lessons, really wanting to join the Catholic church.

However, right before the reception, my husband and I decided not to join the church for the time being as we currently cannot afford to pay the tax. ( It isn't much, but we are in a situation where every penny is needed.) If we join the Catholic church, and don't pay the tax, then we would be committing tax fraud which can lead to consequences in the future.

We discussed with the priest on this matter and his response was "Oh well.. That's a pity". There wasn't much he could do. He was join the church and pay the tax or you can't join.

I really really really want to join the Catholic church and participate in the communion and become a member. My mother in law suggests to pray to God and just join without the full ceremony and reception.

What do you think? Should I go ahead and become an "Unofficial Catholic"? Or should I just leave Catholicism? I currently hate the feeling of being in between and unable to define what my religion is.