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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9559481, member: 5833"]Your description is consistent with sardonyx, hardstone, both the deep red under strong light & appearance of blue at the edges, which is really a trick of a very thin white layer over black. Stones described as 'nicolo' are this, a top white layer over a black substrate. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you paid glass prices for this, you got yourself a very nice hardstone Persephone. Now give that girl a bath! And show us after she dries off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9559481, member: 5833"]Your description is consistent with sardonyx, hardstone, both the deep red under strong light & appearance of blue at the edges, which is really a trick of a very thin white layer over black. Stones described as 'nicolo' are this, a top white layer over a black substrate. If you paid glass prices for this, you got yourself a very nice hardstone Persephone. Now give that girl a bath! And show us after she dries off.[/QUOTE]
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