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<p>[QUOTE="UncleChuckTX, post: 144047, member: 154"]Glass with flecks such as gold is usually termed "aventurine". The color of my swan is called "alexandrite", because of the color and color-shift properties Ownedbybear described, which mimic real alexandrite gemstones:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=alexandrite&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPmrq5oNLMAhXE7iYKHRBpCO4QsAQIHA&biw=1721&bih=1036" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=alexandrite&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPmrq5oNLMAhXE7iYKHRBpCO4QsAQIHA&biw=1721&bih=1036" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=alexandrite&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPmrq5oNLMAhXE7iYKHRBpCO4QsAQIHA&biw=1721&bih=1036</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of links I have saved regarding alexandrite (aka neodymium) glass:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/alexandrite_glass/neodymium_glass.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/alexandrite_glass/neodymium_glass.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/alexandrite_glass/neodymium_glass.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mindspring.com/~reyne/neowhatsis.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mindspring.com/~reyne/neowhatsis.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mindspring.com/~reyne/neowhatsis.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the examples have a wide range of purple hues (seen in sunlight or under tungsten lightbulbs - the old filament style) - from lilac / lavender, to deeper purples and fuschias.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="UncleChuckTX, post: 144047, member: 154"]Glass with flecks such as gold is usually termed "aventurine". The color of my swan is called "alexandrite", because of the color and color-shift properties Ownedbybear described, which mimic real alexandrite gemstones: [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=alexandrite&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPmrq5oNLMAhXE7iYKHRBpCO4QsAQIHA&biw=1721&bih=1036[/URL] Here are a couple of links I have saved regarding alexandrite (aka neodymium) glass: [URL]http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/alexandrite_glass/neodymium_glass.htm[/URL] [URL]http://www.mindspring.com/~reyne/neowhatsis.html[/URL] You can see the examples have a wide range of purple hues (seen in sunlight or under tungsten lightbulbs - the old filament style) - from lilac / lavender, to deeper purples and fuschias.[/QUOTE]
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