[Jewelry making - Article 00334] - Re: [Orchid] Ebay and material designated as "Quartz"

[Dosiedean]

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    Tony, I actually bought some cherry quartz beads on Ebay when this
    whole thing came to light after Tucson 2002, I think it was, so I
    could have a first hand look.  Sure enough it was glass and I
    confronted the vendor.  He explained that "Cherry Quartz" was in
    effect a "trade name" for pink colored glass (his glass apparently
    had a quartz component in the sand mixture to make the glass??)  and
    that he was not misrepresenting his beads as quartz.    And now I see
    mainstream high end stores selling cherry quartz jewelry - at their
    selling prices it probably can't be the real stuff - they just
    haven't been confronted yet or they don't care.   I'd be interested
    to hear from others too.  JoAnn 

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