Featured Opals or?

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  1. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    My hubby asks same... I generally answer, "I don't now yet... but you always could sell it when I'll pass":angelic: (I'm 7 years older than him):hilarious:
    And either, he doesn't have the faintiest idea of the size of my hidden hoard, seing only what is on display :wacky:
     
    kyratango, Feb 17, 2019
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  2. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Do either Moonstone or Laborodite have an objection to a quick wash with some gentle soap do you think?
    The silver is now clean but the stones are pretty grimy. I know Opals don't like getting wet so just thought I should check about these!
     
    KSW, Feb 17, 2019
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    No problem.:)
     
    Any Jewelry, Feb 17, 2019
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  4. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Like all stones there are different levels of quality,yours are on the lower end.The more expensive stones have more color and brighter flash.
     
    Hollyblue, Feb 17, 2019
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  5. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    I'd better get polishing then!:hilarious:
     
    KSW, Feb 17, 2019
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Labradorite comes in at least two colors, gray with the blue-ish butterfly wing effect, and white with the rainbow-y effect. Some folks call white labradorite "rainbow moonstone", just to confuse matters. I think there's an orange one too, but I've never seen it in person.
     
    evelyb30, Feb 17, 2019
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    The distinction does not seem to be a well-defined one. According to this sort of Moonstone for Dummies page from the GIA

    https://www.gia.edu/moonstone-description

    'To be called moonstone, a mineral’s actual identity is not as important as the beauty of its adularescence.'
     
    Bronwen, Feb 17, 2019
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's easier to tell them apart in person.
     
    evelyb30, Feb 17, 2019
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  9. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Think we would also like to see them cleaned up & photographed on a white background. I don't know what colors behind are doing to colors displayed by the stones in pix.
     
    Bronwen, Feb 17, 2019
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  10. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    I'll take some more photos when I've given them a bit more of a clean up!.
     
    KSW, Feb 17, 2019
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  11. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    KSW, Feb 19, 2019
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  12. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    @KSW

    The above link is full of misleading/bad information with a number of "trade names" which do not apply to actual moonstone.
     
    Hollyblue, Feb 19, 2019
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  13. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Oops, ok, I'll unlearn what I've just read!
     
    KSW, Feb 19, 2019
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  14. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

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