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Hi,
Forgot I have one tiny ruby in an engagement or wedding ring. Shown the blacklight on it and it just turned purple.
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Ok--my monitor is kind of weird with colors....so need to ask...I just black lighted my amber pendant...it showed total opal color....so is that good..??

 

Opal? That could be any colour, which one?

 

It could be morganite instead of ruby. Morganite is a lovely stone, often reddish, related to emerald. It can fluoresce purple.

 

the pale blue/greenish tinge kind

 

Yep, in my chart, which I put together from several charts, it says: Also may fluoresce white, yellow, green or blue.

 

Everyone is going to know Amber by the time this post is through!

 

Hi,
I hope her parents do not read these posts.
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My mother always said your reputation is everything. Guess Amber wasn't warned of this by her mother.

 

The best thing is to try it on a thing which you know to be amber as a baseline. UV shows as a blue diffused veiling.

 

Amber St. Claire's parents were dead, she had no realization of her aristocratic heritage, and she became a first class courtesan A) to survive, and B) because she ENJOYED it...............

Actually that is the plot of a book entitled Forever Amber..........and when it was published and subsequently banned it became a MUST READ for any guy who wanted to know what a wh*re was thinking...............you could be seen (and applauded for) reading Forever Amber, as opposed to Fanny Hill which you kept between the mattresses.....even if you did take your copy from your parent's library bookshelf...........


PS Forever Amber is a good fiction read, but also a reasonably accurate historical reference of the Restoration Period - Kathleen Windsor did such meticulous research that it took years to write the book.

 

I blame the parents.

 

Thanks.....!

 

Don't thank us, thank Amber. She was a hard-working girl.

 

I got a interesting tip from an art/everything restorer - not sure how legit he really was and I've never had a chance to test it: to remedy a cloudy piece of amber, hold it over heated turpentine...

From a florid, self-claimed authority on EVERYTHING, so take it for what it is :O

Beryl, Ruby, Opal - Esmeralda!

Slightly off-topic - my estate sale name is "Cabochon Petit Point"

 

I can't see how the chemistry of that reaction would remove cloudiness.

 

Dear @Any Jewelry - just followed and reading this wonderful thread.
Which is the stone in the centre which is also shinning in florescence.

beautiful ring BTW.

 

Thank you, Roshan. It was a lovely ca 1900 English ring, which I sold a couple of years ago. With some regret, in hindsight.
The centre stone was a precious white opal. I had no idea it would light up as it did before I took the photo. The rubies were Burmese.

 

Thankyou

 

Late as always, but just got a message that poor Jade was left out of this conversation and she’s green with envy.