cblev65252
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posted on August 7, 2006 04:26:28 PM new
I know there is a name for the caramel colored stone in these Weiss earrings, but for the life of me I can't recall what it is. It is not moonglow or moonstone although they do have a slight iridescence and a slight translucency to them. There is also striations like there would be with a genuine stone. Any guesses are to how to describe it or the proper name of the stone?
Cheryl
[ edited by cblev65252 on Aug 7, 2006 04:27 PM ]
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pmelcher
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posted on August 7, 2006 04:30:49 PM new
I would think moonglow would be close. The only other thing I can think of is slag or variegated which isn't quite right either.
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roadsmith
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posted on August 7, 2006 06:12:36 PM new
Very pretty! Wish I could help with the name. Taffy, butterscotch--food names come to mind, but then it's suppertime and I'm hungry, LOL.
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capolady
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posted on August 8, 2006 02:25:54 AM new
Amber
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paloma91
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posted on August 8, 2006 07:59:49 AM new
you could say amber color. Could the bigger stones be actually shell? If the smaller stones are amber, they will feel different than say, glass.
Here is a site that you can use to help id gems. There is a site I used to use to ID stones. Since I upgraded computers, I have lost the bookmark. Once I find it, I'll list it here
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~eps2/wisc/Lect17.html#amber
http://www.gemsociety.org/info/info.htm
http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html
[ edited by paloma91 on Aug 8, 2006 08:13 AM ]
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kasue
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posted on August 8, 2006 10:29:35 AM new
It isn't a "stone" because it is either glass or plastic. I would call it a caramel colored moonstone. It doesn't have an aurora borealis finish.
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neglus
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posted on August 8, 2006 10:32:43 AM new
They look like the agates we find at the beach.
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cblev65252
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posted on August 8, 2006 10:37:12 AM new
Thanks, all. Caramel is the color of those stones. At least, it's the closest I can come to it.
Cheryl
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pixiamom
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posted on August 8, 2006 10:42:38 AM new
They look a little like common opal found on Oregon beaches
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cherishedclutter
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posted on August 8, 2006 04:15:28 PM new
I saw a similar "stone" in a costume jewelry book referred to as opalescent.
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kiara
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posted on August 8, 2006 11:27:11 PM new
Maybe MILK AND HONEY EFFECT?
The milk and honey effect is one in which the apparent coloring of a stone changes (from milky to the color of honey) as the angle of the light changes. When a light is shined on the stone, one side of the stone is the color of milk and the other is the color of honey. When the light changes direction, the color effect also shifts. Cat's-eye chrysoberyl can exhibit this milk and honey phenomenon.
http://www.allaboutjewels.com/jewel/glossary/indexm.shtml
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cblev65252
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posted on August 9, 2006 04:48:18 AM new
kiara
You could be right! What a lovely name for the effect, too. Thanks.
Cheryl
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on August 13, 2006 09:18:20 PM new
Did someone say "STONE"
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