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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10509916, member: 79705"]Light reflection lines that are usually seen in photos around carved areas, and particularly in more delicate spots, from where the carving is sort of scooped or rounded around the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]528447[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of banded agate used in cameos. I've read it and watched youtube videos of the current carvers in Germany doing it and explaining the method to enhance the colors. <a href="https://youtu.be/wIWykANJVVk?si=8akpyVxn-IJrw7_k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://youtu.be/wIWykANJVVk?si=8akpyVxn-IJrw7_k" rel="nofollow">Here's a clip of one.</a> [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] has also <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/are-these-beads-natural-carnelian.68472/#post-4397603" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/are-these-beads-natural-carnelian.68472/#post-4397603">posted a sample of a dyed geode slice</a> for anyone curious about what that might look like in natural vs treated. So I should not say a definitive all, but a cautious "don't be surprised that we enhance things."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10509916, member: 79705"]Light reflection lines that are usually seen in photos around carved areas, and particularly in more delicate spots, from where the carving is sort of scooped or rounded around the edge. [ATTACH=full]528447[/ATTACH] Speaking of banded agate used in cameos. I've read it and watched youtube videos of the current carvers in Germany doing it and explaining the method to enhance the colors. [URL='https://youtu.be/wIWykANJVVk?si=8akpyVxn-IJrw7_k']Here's a clip of one.[/URL] [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] has also [URL='https://www.antiquers.com/threads/are-these-beads-natural-carnelian.68472/#post-4397603']posted a sample of a dyed geode slice[/URL] for anyone curious about what that might look like in natural vs treated. So I should not say a definitive all, but a cautious "don't be surprised that we enhance things."[/QUOTE]
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