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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9800501, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Yes to agate?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]486402[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]486404[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Here we go. The big one. My heart dropped when I saw a 750 mark on this, trying hard to not get my hopes up until Im next in the city to get this xrf tested in a couple months.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">But the signs are good. The weird dark/copper color polishes right off, I've acid tested the beads, the marked bead, and the chain and all test positive for 18k. When I tested the bead a 'silver' mark was left behind and I thought ah well there we go, but under the loup its just a shinier gold color, which then polished away/matched the untarnished gold. It weighs 32g.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]486408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486409[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486407[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">My test spot of the marked bead under a loupe</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]486410[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Overall look</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]486416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486417[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486418[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">So what are we thinking? How excited do I get?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9800501, member: 15376"][CENTER]Yes to agate? [ATTACH=full]486402[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]486404[/ATTACH] Here we go. The big one. My heart dropped when I saw a 750 mark on this, trying hard to not get my hopes up until Im next in the city to get this xrf tested in a couple months. But the signs are good. The weird dark/copper color polishes right off, I've acid tested the beads, the marked bead, and the chain and all test positive for 18k. When I tested the bead a 'silver' mark was left behind and I thought ah well there we go, but under the loup its just a shinier gold color, which then polished away/matched the untarnished gold. It weighs 32g. [ATTACH=full]486408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486409[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486407[/ATTACH] My test spot of the marked bead under a loupe [ATTACH=full]486410[/ATTACH] Overall look [ATTACH=full]486416[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486417[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486418[/ATTACH] So what are we thinking? How excited do I get?[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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