[Jewelry making - Article 00311] - Re: [Orchid] Red amethyst?

[Gary Bourbonais]

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Hi folks.....

>     Try Siberian, many more hits and a better descriptions of the
>     material are available. Leonid suggested the alternate name and he
>     was correct, you won't find much under red amethyst. 

    I have two very tiny peices of what's supposed to be Siberian
    amethyst..... Body color is what a dark amy should be...... Under a
    bright light I can see a red glint, I guess I would call it..... 

    A few years back the Milwaukee Public Museum hosted a traveling
    pearl exhibit..... 

    There was this necklace from Victorian times (if I remember the
    display card correctly) that of course had pearls, but what stopped
    me in my tracks, was that the amethyst showed red and *blue*
    glints...almost like dispersion.......? There was a cluster of 
halogen
    type (?) lights above the display..... These were huge faceted
    stones.....18X13 +..... 

    I said to meself...."It can't be..." But according to the provenance
    card.... Was Siberian Amethyst.... 

    Absolutely gorgeous..... 

Gary W. Bourbonais
A.J.P. (GIA)
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