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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 2401722, member: 8708"]Not sure how to describe this but I picked it up at a car boot sale from a man who was helping his mother clear some of her hoard ( no idea how that happens!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>Tons of brooches and so on. I bought a few and came back later and spied this oddity that I took a punt on simply because it was very cheap,assumed it was pewter or base metal and I thought the stone was that dragons breath type glass that I could reuse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cleaned the layers of filth off it to discover it is a really odd stone not glass at all. It has the flash of an opal with green and blue but part of it is incredibly clear and has such depth. I can't get it on a photo but with a loupe it's like looking into an underwater cavern. </p><p>The only think I can find online similar is a crystal opal. Could it be that or am I way off?</p><p>The blobby surround isn't marked but tests as silver and looks amateur made.</p><p>I presume it's maybe a pendant and a chain just goes through one of the gaps. It is 6cm long and the stone is 0.75cm.</p><p>Any thoughts on it please? Apologies the light isn't good, I can take more photos tomorrow if need be.</p><p>Thankyou for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]263226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263227[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263228[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263233[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263235[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 2401722, member: 8708"]Not sure how to describe this but I picked it up at a car boot sale from a man who was helping his mother clear some of her hoard ( no idea how that happens!:angelic:). Tons of brooches and so on. I bought a few and came back later and spied this oddity that I took a punt on simply because it was very cheap,assumed it was pewter or base metal and I thought the stone was that dragons breath type glass that I could reuse. I cleaned the layers of filth off it to discover it is a really odd stone not glass at all. It has the flash of an opal with green and blue but part of it is incredibly clear and has such depth. I can't get it on a photo but with a loupe it's like looking into an underwater cavern. The only think I can find online similar is a crystal opal. Could it be that or am I way off? The blobby surround isn't marked but tests as silver and looks amateur made. I presume it's maybe a pendant and a chain just goes through one of the gaps. It is 6cm long and the stone is 0.75cm. Any thoughts on it please? Apologies the light isn't good, I can take more photos tomorrow if need be. Thankyou for looking :-) [ATTACH=full]263226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263227[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263228[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263233[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263234[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]263235[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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