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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 290590, member: 2844&quot;]Nice ring, Billy.</p><p>About the stone. There don&#039;t seem to be any bubbles, so probably not glass.</p><p>No pleochroism (rules out topaz and some others). Shell-like fractures. My guess is citrine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Billy, do you know anyone with a diamond tester? It tests hardness on the Mohs scale, so other gemstones as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mark is intriguing, it looks like an old Middle Eastern mark. Not North African, those are in cartouches.</p><p>I have some info on Middle Eastern gold marks, but can&#039;t find this one. Could be a maker&#039;s mark.</p><p>If the ring was made in the Middle East, the stone is not treated. They didn&#039;t use treated amethysts there in those days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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