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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4494954, member: 18716"]The beads are pretty close to moonstone (which is a chalcedony), often early moonstone was a milky white colour and not the obvious blue which is more common from the early 20th century onwards. Some of those beads look chatoyant so would certainly count.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agree with [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] they are not going to be clear tourmaline, it's rare and expensive and not really suited to that shape or role. They are possibly YAG or GGG (man made clear garnet) if they are testing fairly low on the presidium meter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4494954, member: 18716"]The beads are pretty close to moonstone (which is a chalcedony), often early moonstone was a milky white colour and not the obvious blue which is more common from the early 20th century onwards. Some of those beads look chatoyant so would certainly count. Agree with [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] they are not going to be clear tourmaline, it's rare and expensive and not really suited to that shape or role. They are possibly YAG or GGG (man made clear garnet) if they are testing fairly low on the presidium meter.[/QUOTE]
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