[Jewelry making - Article 00015] - Re: [Orchid] Agate or Jasper?

[RING14K]

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    Hi Yall; to my knowledge jaspers are opaque to no light at all.... It
    depends on the majority of the matrix. Many are jaspagate as they
    often form together in layers. I have always considered agate to be
    translucent to transparent as anything else is either dreck or
    'jaspagate'<g>. On the serious side, transparency makes the agate
    unless it is a multicolored layered colors, no?  Ringman

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