Does This Just Look Like Glass?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by tie.dye.cat, Sep 8, 2014.

  1. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Does this look like a stone or glass? Looks like glass to me, but WDIK. It's sterling.

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    tie.dye.cat, Sep 8, 2014
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  2. Calico

    Calico Well-Known Member

    This looks like garnet but the only sure way to tell is with a gem tester. I'm betting it is though. Pretty !
     
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  3. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Wow, I thought I had done a good job cleaning that ring until I uploaded the pictures here.
    Thanks Calico. I never would have guessed garnet because of the pinkish undertone I'm seeing.
     
    tie.dye.cat, Sep 8, 2014
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  4. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Wow, I thought I had cleaned the ring up with the sunshine cloth, but realized I didn't do a very good job after seeing the pics uploaded here. Still some tarnish or dirt in the nooks and crannies, but this looks quite a bit better now:

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    tie.dye.cat, Sep 8, 2014
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  5. 707susang

    707susang Active Member

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  6. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

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  7. 707susang

    707susang Active Member

    You're welcome.
     
    707susang, Sep 8, 2014
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  8. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Possibly almandine garnet or carbuncle.
     
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  9. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Is the setting silver? Looks like it is.
    Is the back of the stone open for light?

    I agree with garnet.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Sep 8, 2014
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  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Garnet for sure. Rhodolite or pyrope, from the look of it. Almandine has some orange in it.
     
    evelyb30, Sep 8, 2014
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  11. spirit-of-shiloh

    spirit-of-shiloh Well-Known Member

    I vote garnet, they even come in pinks. Pyrope is the color of pomagranite. Nice ring. :)
     
    spirit-of-shiloh, Sep 8, 2014
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  12. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    They come green too, for that matter. Demantoids are worth $$$; the purple ones, not so much.
     
    evelyb30, Sep 8, 2014
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  13. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    I also vote Garnet.
    Lovely little ring.

    Demantoids     sounds like a Dr Who nemesis. :D
     
    Messilane, Sep 9, 2014
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  14. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

    The eyes on my avatar are demantoids...

    ~Cheryl
     
    DragonflyWink, Sep 9, 2014
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  15. bennett

    bennett New Member

    Am I seeing a cat's-eye effect on the second image? If it has a cat's eye, that could change things...
     
    bennett, Sep 10, 2014
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  16. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    No cat's eye from what I can see.

    Thanks everyone for the responses. You learn something new everyday!

    ps. cluttered closet, setting is sterling and the back is not open.
     
    tie.dye.cat, Sep 11, 2014
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  17. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Almandine, carbuncle, rhodolite, pyrope, demantoids...increased my vocabulary today!
     
    tie.dye.cat, Sep 11, 2014
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  18. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    .increased my vocabulary today!

    No one ever goes away from here empty minded..........
     
    afantiques, Sep 11, 2014
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  19. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Then I don't think it is very old.
    Something from a new age shop? Maybe from India? Thailand?

    It is still a nice setting.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Sep 11, 2014
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  20. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Um, sometimes my mind empties quicker than it fills!
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Sep 14, 2014
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