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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4587763, member: 36"]The beads look like potch opal or opal matrix, moonstone, or maybe really good opalite glass. Maybe a mix. Smart money is on lower grade moonstone. The good stuff doesn't get made into beads, and opal is a little fragile for the application. Lower grade opal with no fire or next to none sometimes does get made into beads, but it's too fragile to handle a pendant. Moonstone is a feldspar and would work better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4587763, member: 36"]The beads look like potch opal or opal matrix, moonstone, or maybe really good opalite glass. Maybe a mix. Smart money is on lower grade moonstone. The good stuff doesn't get made into beads, and opal is a little fragile for the application. Lower grade opal with no fire or next to none sometimes does get made into beads, but it's too fragile to handle a pendant. Moonstone is a feldspar and would work better.[/QUOTE]
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