[Jewelry making - Article 00317] - Re: [Orchid] Red amethyst?

[John Donivan]

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>     Try Siberian, many more hits and a better descriptions of the
>     material are available. 

    As I said in another post on this, without seeing the stone
    everybody's just guessing - including me. But I did look at Siberian
    amethyst - found a couple of vintage pieces, among others. Very
    lovely, very nice, but alas, it is amethyst. To call what I saw "red"
    is to be color blind - just what I saw. The stone Jo-Ann has is more
    like Harriet's original description - truly reddish purple, and not
    amethyst-ine at all. It's a unique color - maybe you could call it
    some sort of "plum", as there are many plums... Hers is also
    obviously sapphire if you look at the lustre, cutting, refraction and
    all that. Plus we had it looked at to know really what it was -
    natural, etc. But having not seen Harriet's stone, it's just mental
    gymnastics, ultimately. Fun..... 

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