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 Post subject: Identify stones?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:41 pm 
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Purchased this pieces but cannot get agreement on the stone. I say: Blue Chalcedony
community thoughts would be welcomed snd appreciated.

Thank you for your thoughts!


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 Post subject: cannot identify stone?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:44 pm 
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Purchased this for my wife because I thought it was quite fetching, but Im not sure what to tell her it is?
Pink Opal?


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 Post subject: Re: cannot identify stone?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:03 pm 
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Moved to a more appropriate category.
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 Post subject: Re: cannot identify stone?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:27 pm 
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My guess is, it is not a natural stone but a laser optic that displays a cats eye effect. Chatoyancy.

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 Post subject: Re: Identify stones?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:29 pm 
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My guess is, it is not a natural stone, so I do not believe it is chalcedony, but a laser optic glass like your other post with the pink stone.

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 Post subject: Re: cannot identify stone?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:31 pm 
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If I had to guess, I'd go with fiber optic glass too.


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 Post subject: Re: cannot identify stone?
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:23 am 
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Yes, glass


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 Post subject: Re: Identify stones?
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:24 am 
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Yes. Also glass.


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 Post subject: New Member Seeking Help In Identification
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:59 pm 
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Looking for help identifying these stones please. Mounted on Sterling Silver.


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More of the same.....fiber optic glass.

geminclusions.com wrote:
There is also a glass imitation of chatoyant gems made from a colored fiber optic to provoke a similar visual effect. These glasses come in a variety of different colors and are easily distinguishable from natural gems by observation from the side view of the cabochons, in direction parallel to glass fibers.
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Different colors of glass imitations of chatoyant gems (left), and side view of one of the beads under magnification (right, field of view 3.8 mm).

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