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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1877974, member: 5833"]I think probably citrine that started life as amethyst & was cooked. Both are quartz, & quartz can have inclusions of other minerals. Don't know what this 'milky' substance would be. Not glittery enough for rutile:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://df2sm3urulav.cloudfront.net/tenants/gr/uploads/images/600000-604999/601761/57e9facbe4442.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And not dark enough for tourmaline:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e98373_c7e5d8fad0d849d8a1de9ee6aa1f1848~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_539,al_c,lg_1,q_85/e98373_c7e5d8fad0d849d8a1de9ee6aa1f1848~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Really unusual stone. The cut also strikes me as out of the ordinary, although will probably be corrected on this by one of the seriously knowledgeable jewelies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1877974, member: 5833"]I think probably citrine that started life as amethyst & was cooked. Both are quartz, & quartz can have inclusions of other minerals. Don't know what this 'milky' substance would be. Not glittery enough for rutile: [IMG]https://df2sm3urulav.cloudfront.net/tenants/gr/uploads/images/600000-604999/601761/57e9facbe4442.jpg[/IMG] And not dark enough for tourmaline: [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e98373_c7e5d8fad0d849d8a1de9ee6aa1f1848~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_539,al_c,lg_1,q_85/e98373_c7e5d8fad0d849d8a1de9ee6aa1f1848~mv2.jpg[/IMG] Really unusual stone. The cut also strikes me as out of the ordinary, although will probably be corrected on this by one of the seriously knowledgeable jewelies.[/QUOTE]
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