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<p>[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 4303020, member: 13823"]After being in our new/old house nearly a year, I finally found my Presidium gem estimator! Ta da! I'm stuck here with health issues to I'm doing research.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm trying to ID the beads in this necklace. The green ones, light and dark, test as nephrite. The orangey ones and whitish/orange-tipped ones test as quartz. I have done some reading and based on that and my experience, the crystalline web look of the white beads and the non-transparent nature of both the orange and white suggest they are not quartz. I took one pic held up to a bright light to show the internal structure better.</p><p><br /></p><p>The clasp is g.f.; this is not a valuable piece but I'd like to know what I have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your help and for those who live in the USA: have a safe and fun weekend!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]348535[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]348536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]348538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 4303020, member: 13823"]After being in our new/old house nearly a year, I finally found my Presidium gem estimator! Ta da! I'm stuck here with health issues to I'm doing research. I'm trying to ID the beads in this necklace. The green ones, light and dark, test as nephrite. The orangey ones and whitish/orange-tipped ones test as quartz. I have done some reading and based on that and my experience, the crystalline web look of the white beads and the non-transparent nature of both the orange and white suggest they are not quartz. I took one pic held up to a bright light to show the internal structure better. The clasp is g.f.; this is not a valuable piece but I'd like to know what I have. Thanks for your help and for those who live in the USA: have a safe and fun weekend! [ATTACH=full]348535[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]348536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]348538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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