A large mountain Looms high above you, behind you seems to be the realm of Dragon's Den. This is The Silver Mountain, renowned for it's many cave and tons of dragon hoard.
You see a eerie purple glow on the side if the mountain, you know somehow that, there is where you must get to. You wonder how you're ever Going to get up the mountain.
You get out an old journal that you had, and begin pouring over the pages of the broken up writitng. Silver Mountain, Home of Mighty Blaze Wing Sunstar.
Day 21 I have made it to the foothills of Silver Mountain.
Day 22 Do not try to scale the west face, for it is too steep and rocky.
Day 23: The east face is shallow but the rocks are of some kind of crumbly material.... Marco says it shale, and Jonath says it's Claystone, whatever it is, there is no way to get good footing, so forget the east face.
Day24: Thought the north face would give me the element of surprise, but the Black Colored face is straight vertical, with no holding points......Marco And Jonath agree the this shiny black rock is granite, and my tools will not penetrate the rock.
Day25: EUREKA!!! The south face is the best, and all you need to do is follow in the footsteps of the dragons.
You Are A bit confused for when you look down you do not see Fotprints from a dragon, you see a wll worn trail curving up the sides of the mountain. Night is falling and you set up your tent and read over the journals you have. You find in Marco's journal just what your father was talking about. The Entry reads "Day 26 18:00: Yesterday the knight who was leading our party found what he called the footsteps of the dragon. After much investigation, Sir Jonath and I found that the Footsteps where simply a path worn into Sandstone. Judging by the amount of wear and the type of rock that it was in we came to the conclusion that the path Is used quite frequently by at least A five-ton white dragon (Jonath found some white scales stuck to a tree).
After you read this entry and get some sleep, you decide to follow the path that the creature had made.
You begin your Ascent. After three hours of climbing and fighting off beasts of all shapes you arrive at the cave and peer in, though it's high sun the cave is bathed in eerie blackness.
You notice a sign. A you begin to read the words TURN BACK NOW!!!! OR DIE A SLOW AND HORRIBLE DEATH!!!!.
All Of a sudden a fear of great fear overcomes you, The sign is written In Blood!!! Beneath the sign is a horrifying site, a shattered skeleto of a great warrior.
You notice a locket with your family crest on the bones, and a mixture of Anger Sadness, and fear ovecome you. That Was Your father!!
You enter the darkness and a damp musty odor surrounds you. You almost Lose your lunch from the stench, it is obvious that this cave belongs to a pair of dragons that are bonded for life.
You can take no more of this stench, as you turn to leave, terror comes over you as you see two sets of glowing eyes, one pair silver the other white. The pair of Silver eyes disapears into the darkness.
A Low Growling/hissing voice fills the cave. "WHY HASSST THOU COME TO BOTHER US IN OUR CAVE? BE GONE OR YOU WILL END UP LIKE THE OLD MAN"
You're silent, and defiant as you fight the terror you feel. You speak with a stutter " D-demon, You Killed my f-father!!!! I will not leave w-without getting vengence!!" You straighten up and draw your sword.
The dragon speaks "Ye are as Foolisssh as the old Man, I will Not hurt you Just Like I never hurt your father"
You look at his eyes and remain defiant "Demon, show yorself, if ye are not a coward!!" You hear an ancient language and the cave is bathed in an eerie purplish glow, and your heart skips as you see A huge white dragon, before you.
He Smiles and says "Greetings Sir, I am Blaze Wing Sunstar, now why have you come and disturbed my mate and I?"
As if one dragon was not enough, suddenly A silver Dragon joins Blaze Wing she says in a cheery tone "Greetings My Name is Klarissa, Why have you disturbed us?"
You reply "You Killed my father, and stole all of our lands treasures for your Hoard, I am here to take back what in Ours"
Then Klarissa wispers something to Blaze Wing, "He says OK Dearheart" and with that she is gone.
He Speaks to You "Those are both myths, your father was killed by a small poisonous creature, we tryed to save him, but we couldn't. The Treasure hoard is the bigest myth surrrounding my name, The truth is I never had need for Treasures, i collect Minerals.
When he died his skin vaporized and all that was left where his belongings. I see you got his weapon and armor. Now You have the rest of his things he said that the locket was the most important thing to him and he asked us to let him die with it around his neck. As for My stolen Hoard, well I'll show you it"
To that you reply," I do not think I can trust you." The Dragon Hisses "AND WHY NOT?!! Read the last entry in that journal"
You do as he asks, "Day 50: I have no more strength to write, so honorable Blaze Wing is writing this for me. Son he is very honorable and trustworthy, he can teach you. I love you all my family"
He Died right after I wrote that.
The Ruby What if someone gave you a red Sapphire? What Would you have? You Would Have This Beutiful Red Mineral Called Ruby. The Ruby Is the second hardest Mineral known. With A hardness(resistance to scratching)of 9 it is second only to the Diamond which has a hardness of 10. Why is it red? An element called chromium(Cr) is what causes the red color. The ruby has a range of shades of red, The lightest shade being A pinkish Red, the darkest is what is called "Pigeon Blood Red" Where can you find Rubies? Almost anywhere. The best quality ones come from places like Zimbabwe, North Carolina, Afganistan, and burma to name a few.
Quick chart for Ruby
The Emerald Ahhh The Emerald it is the nicest shade of green, beautiful color isn't? What exactly is an emerald? The emerald is the green version of a mineral called beryl(you'll learn more about this later). What other minerals is the emerald related to? One of it's closest relatives is the aquamarine, and helidor. How much is it worth? The Emerald is highly prized, and one of the most valued gemstones. Emeralds naturally have flaws, these flaws give it character, and help tell if it is real or synthetic.
QUICK CHART FOR EMERALDAlexandrite This Mineral Is named after Alexander II the czar of russia. This mineral was first found in the Ural Mountains in Russia. It has chromium in it which gives it a strange green or red color. That's what Make Alexandrite a cool mineral, it changes Color, in different types of Light.
QUICK CHART FOR ALEXANDRITE
Aquamarine The Aquamarine Is A beutiful Blue Color, 'tis one of my favorites. It Is the Blue-Green version of the Mineral Beryl. One of the minerals that are related to the Aquamarine is the Emerald. The Reason That It Is the Blue Color is that the elemment Iron (Fe) is there in trace amounts. Most of the gem quality aquamarines are tereated with heat, in order to produce the Famous Blue-green color. To Find Aquamarines, You will have to travel to Brazil, wich is the leading producer of them. If you look carefull you could find some in the U.S.
QUICK CHART FOR AQUAMARINEAugite Is very Importan For it is a Rock-forming mineral. In Other words Certain Rocks that we find now would not exist if it wasn't for Augite. Augite Really Isn't Very attracctive, save fro its bright luster (the way Light reflects of of it). It Is However An important Mineral in that it is a Hardness indicator. Its Hardness is A perfect 5, making it the most intermediate mineral In the Mohs Hardness scale.
QUICK CHART FOR AUGITE
AzureiteAzurite is A very pretty mineral. The Reason it's so popular is that it's Deep Blue Color is Unmatched in the Mineral World. The Reason for its color is because of the presence of Copper. The One Problem wit it is that at times the copper is so much that the crystals appear to be Black. Azureite is used mainly for jewelry and dye. It Is also A minor Copper ore.
QUICK CHART FOR AZUREITEBarite Is A common Mineral. From time to Time Barite forms either Bladed or tubular crystals. It's used Mainly for an ore of Barium.
QUICK CHART FOR BARITE COLOR: commonly, Colorless,white, yellow, blue, green, red.Biotite Is Another Important Rock Forming Mineral. In Fact There Is at least a small percentage in most igneous and metamorphic rocks. Biotite has A layered sttructire of sheets weakly bonded together. It Is not A valuable mineral.
QUICK CHART FOR BIOTITE COLOR: Black to Brown, Yellow With Weathering
Topaz
Topaz is A very common gemstone, wich for hundreds of years has been used for Jewelry. It Ranges in color from Golden Brown to yellow. Topaz Crystals Can reach over 100 lbs in weight!! Topaz is an index mineral For the Hardness Scale, it has A Perfect 8
QUICK CHART FOR TOPAZ COLOR: Clear, Yelow, Orange,Red, Blue, or Green
AmethystAHH The Beautiful Amethyst, 'tis my favorite mineral. It Is A very Common Mineral, The Purple Variety of Quartz. It's color is richer than even the most expensive Purple Gemstones. It has A huge Range of Purples That It Can Be. Amethyst Is popular because of the beautiful purple color. It's Color Comes from the region that its from. In the USA Noteable Occurrences are Apparent.
QUICK CHART FOR AMETHYST COLOR: many shades of purple
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