The colour says peridot/olivine, but the cloudiness says emerald. If its not those it's aqua. That's my scatter gun approach. It would make a super mini pendant.
Dennis.
The colour says peridot/olivine, but the cloudiness says emerald. If its not those it's aqua. That's my scatter gun approach. It would make a super mini pendant.
Dennis.
lol - this is fun. Time to put your suspenders away!
George - it is indeed a Sphene Yay!
hmmm, super small pendant - sounds like a grand idea )
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Now who was it was pointing out that visual appearance isn't a reliable indicator of the stone?
Colour tone looks wrong for a sapphire variant (or the ones I've seen), could be a CZ, could be a topaz (although I think there's a slight green tone in there that again I haven't seen in topaz), diamond...?
I could not agree more, it goes against my gemological brain. That said the first step in identification is visual inspection.
sapphire can be any color except red (red sapphire is called ruby!) but its not one - that would be too easy
It cant be a diamond, there is a shadow in the pavilion (red arrow) a diamond would not do this unless very badly cut or very very small, CZ and Topaz will show this affect
I'll rule out topaz
The purple arrow is the second clue , and why it's not (likely) CZ, and unlikely to be Topaz;
Last edited by Julian; 24-04-2012 at 09:57 AM.
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Ooooh arrows have now appeared :0)
hey Wallace I was going to suggest yours was kryptonite as I went weak when I saw it, but that would imply I am Superman and I am not LOL
Last edited by Kwant; 24-04-2012 at 10:00 AM.
I spurted my cuppa when I read that.............lmao......lolololol
I so do not know what to do with it. I have had it for three years and it keeps on appearing - I do have some gold now that I could use to do a micro pendant........... but all those angles, I am afraid I will break it!
still lol- ing!
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Sorry,Alexandrite should turn from green to red, "lab Alexandrite" which normally is synthetic carborundum (sapphire) can be blueish. Like emerald, even the best natural Alexandrite has loop visible inclusions, which in fact contribute to the color change affect. this stone is too clean.
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