[Jewelry making - Article 00660] - Re: [Orchid] Blue Quartz

[Christopher L. Johnston]

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     Namibia has two localities for blue quartz one banded one not. The
     banded one is called blue lace agate and it is very blue. At its
     best the other locality is frequently an intense slightly lavender
     blue chalcedony. I had a 33mm sphere cut for the later locality and
     sold it for Euro2500 USD3000. Turkey is the major producer of blue
     chalcedony but it is rarely the color match for the Namibian
     material. Topaz is topaz, quartz is quartz. 

Christopher L. Johnston
PO Box 354
Fax ++264-64-57-0548
Omaruru ~ Namibia

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