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Need help from a Gemologist
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:22 am
by kjsspot
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.
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:35 pm
by PinkDiamond
I dunno, baked peridot? Why are you cooking my birthstone?
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:16 pm
by kjsspot
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.
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:46 am
by kjsspot
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.
Re: Need help from a Gemologist
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:33 pm
by Lydia
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
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:46 pm
by kjsspot
Thanks! It would be nice. Doubtful, but nice!
