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winnie
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 Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:58 pm Post subject: Hand gathereds that I found lately |
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1. 5/8 it's opaque
I like the pattern on this one.
2.5/8 opaque
This one is almost entirely black with a little bit of brownish purple,no light shines trough.
3. 5/8 translucent
In hand the red is more a dark wine red,the red is translucent.
4.This one I posted a while back on another board
They all came in one group from the 30s
5.This one came with that group,looks
more like a swirl than a transitional?
It's 5/8 and the white is translucent
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browse4antiques
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, nice ones. The first 3 look like "crease-pontils". I don't know about the aventurine one - perhaps German by the pattern. The last one really looks like an American Agate. About the blue/white - sometimes the ones that are actually white on a transparent base will have a lot of white, with some color ending up on top of the white, making it look like an opaque. You should check it with a bright flashlight. ... Roger |
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winnie
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:10 am Post subject: handgathereds |
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I've found them all here.
The first one is really opaque,no light shines through,the cut-off looks spidery,it's long and curved,Japanese...?
2 and 3 have long straight cut-offs.
Funny you said ;the last one looks like an American agate,that was my first thought aswell,it has a small short cut-of line.
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lstmmrbls
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| I have found that the foreign types that resemble American Agates usually have more true orange red than the brown-red of American Agates |
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Ponkochan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Ooooh, some of my faves!! They actually look "delicious".
When I saw the last one, I thought, "Hmmmmm, messed up Akro?" I couldn't see a cut-off line so I guess that's why that thought came to mind. I have found some with similar coloration in the 'dug' swirls. But I don't really think it's Akro at this point. It's a beauty, along with that wicked one with aventurine!
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marblemover
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nice ones!
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