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Terms of Service
These terms govern your use of ICHA Crystal Guide and its crystal comparisons, seller-claim reviews, identification notes, and related reference material. By using the site, you agree to follow these terms.
Using the site
You may read, link to, and use the published material for personal, non-commercial research and shopping decisions. You remain responsible for evaluating products, sellers, prices, disclosures, and any professional testing you choose to obtain.
Do not interfere with site operation, attempt unauthorized access, distribute malicious code, scrape the site in a way that disrupts service, misrepresent site content, or use the site to support unlawful or deceptive activity.
Content rights
Unless otherwise stated, the site's original text, page organization, graphics, and other editorial materials belong to ICHA Crystal Guide or are used under applicable permission. You may quote brief passages with clear attribution and a link to the relevant page. Republishing substantial portions, removing attribution, or presenting the material as your own requires prior permission.
Product names, seller marks, photographs, or other third-party material remain the property of their respective owners. Reference to a product or seller does not imply endorsement or a relationship with that party.
How to use the guidance
Observations such as color, clarity, luster, texture, inclusions, chips, and fracture patterns can help narrow possibilities. They cannot by themselves confirm identity, composition, origin, treatment status, or whether a material is natural, synthetic, reconstructed, or an imitation.
Seller descriptions and photographed examples are discussed as evidence to examine, not as facts verified by this site. When a purchase depends on a conclusive result, use an appropriately qualified independent laboratory or gemological professional.
Limits of responsibility
Content is provided as a general reference and may contain omissions, outdated examples, or errors. The site does not guarantee uninterrupted access, complete accuracy, seller honesty, product quality, purchase outcomes, resale value, or the suitability of any material for a particular purpose.
Symbolic or spiritual interpretations are separate from physical identification. Nothing on the site provides medical, mental health, financial, investment, legal, or supernatural advice or outcomes.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, ICHA Crystal Guide is not responsible for losses arising from reliance on site content, third-party listings, external websites, or transactions between readers and sellers. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
External services
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Changes and availability
Pages may be corrected, revised, moved, or withdrawn as terminology, examples, seller practices, or evidence change. These terms may also be revised. Continued use of the site after revised terms are published means the revised terms apply to that use.
Access may be limited or suspended when needed for maintenance, security, legal compliance, or protection of the site and its readers.