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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 3066410, member: 33"]I'm sure it will take a while! By the way, I just used my gem tester on the stone in the one you sent. It jumped way above glass, into the <b>quartz-amethyst-citrine</b> category. Past quartz, and between amethyst and citrine. I was surprised, since many of the stones in my pieces of costume jewelry test as glass. I am going to investigate whether it could be a citrine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just read that much citrine on the market today is actually heat-treated amethyst or other types of quartz. Amethyst is my birthstone, so that would be nice as well. This wouldn't be very valuable, but I like that it is natural mineral or stone instead of glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>And maybe I can wear it with the bracelet I posted on this page of the Finds thread last year. Scroll down... <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-876" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-876">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-876</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 3066410, member: 33"]I'm sure it will take a while! By the way, I just used my gem tester on the stone in the one you sent. It jumped way above glass, into the [B]quartz-amethyst-citrine[/B] category. Past quartz, and between amethyst and citrine. I was surprised, since many of the stones in my pieces of costume jewelry test as glass. I am going to investigate whether it could be a citrine. Just read that much citrine on the market today is actually heat-treated amethyst or other types of quartz. Amethyst is my birthstone, so that would be nice as well. This wouldn't be very valuable, but I like that it is natural mineral or stone instead of glass. And maybe I can wear it with the bracelet I posted on this page of the Finds thread last year. Scroll down... [URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/finds-thread.137/page-876[/URL][/QUOTE]
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