When you heat a Peridot and it becomes an amber brown, what is it at that point?
I was experimenting in my kiln. lol They're still pretty though. Just not green.
Need help from a Gemologist
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Need help from a Gemologist
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Re: Need help from a Gemologist
I dunno, baked peridot? Why are you cooking my birthstone?
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Re: Need help from a Gemologist
heh It said it could be fired to 1470 for a half hour. So I tested one to see if it could go just a wee bit higher. It's just a 2mm stone. Little guy.
~KJ~
Mysterious opals contain the wonders of the skies - sparkling rainbows, fireworks, and lightning, shifting and moving in their depths.
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KJOFineArt
Website: http://www.kjmontoya.com
Mysterious opals contain the wonders of the skies - sparkling rainbows, fireworks, and lightning, shifting and moving in their depths.
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KJOFineArt
Website: http://www.kjmontoya.com
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
OK, so Peridot is olivine. And I read that some olivine is actually brown. So I just marketed these as amber colored olivine. Shrug. Still pretty to me.
These are 999 Fine Silver with 22k gold around the stone. I like these. I'll be making more with different stones. But, the gold & silver clay didn't stick. When I tumbled them the gold "cap" came off. So I soldered it back on. That works too.
These are 999 Fine Silver with 22k gold around the stone. I like these. I'll be making more with different stones. But, the gold & silver clay didn't stick. When I tumbled them the gold "cap" came off. So I soldered it back on. That works too.
~KJ~
Mysterious opals contain the wonders of the skies - sparkling rainbows, fireworks, and lightning, shifting and moving in their depths.
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KJOFineArt
Website: http://www.kjmontoya.com
Mysterious opals contain the wonders of the skies - sparkling rainbows, fireworks, and lightning, shifting and moving in their depths.
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KJOFineArt
Website: http://www.kjmontoya.com
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
Very pretty KJ. Your skills seem to be getting better and better. I hope you can make a living of off these soon.
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
Thanks! It would be nice. Doubtful, but nice!
~KJ~
Mysterious opals contain the wonders of the skies - sparkling rainbows, fireworks, and lightning, shifting and moving in their depths.
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KJOFineArt
Website: http://www.kjmontoya.com
Mysterious opals contain the wonders of the skies - sparkling rainbows, fireworks, and lightning, shifting and moving in their depths.
ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/KJOFineArt
Website: http://www.kjmontoya.com