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July 16th 04, 06:28 PM
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I found one - fake or dyed Sugilite!
In the famous word of Bill the Cat: ACK!!!!
That first one is definitely NOT sugilite! No, no, no, no!!! Here's some real stuff from a reputable dealer for comparison: http://www.earthstone.com/Info/Beads/Sugilite.htm I'm with you, Kathy. Not something you'd want to wear against a white blouse OR out in the rain! Mj "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was 100% sure that someone was hard at work faking or enhancing Sugilite, in order to make some Quick cash on this rare and pretty expensive stone. Today when browsing eBay for something else, I came across these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...088&item=81166 66755 Here is some unenhanced sugilite, just to compa http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...89&item=491128 8666&rd=1&tc=photo I'm not sure if this stuff is real suglite, or if we're looking at dyed howlite - either way, I wouldn't want to wear it against a white blouse. :-) Kathy N-V 
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July 16th 04, 07:30 PM
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That is a really crappy-looking fake! I think dyed howlite would look a lot
better--at least it would look more like a natural stone. To me, that stuff looks like bad polymer clay, though of course polymer clay doesn't have anything like the weight of stone. I have done much better polymer faux sugilite myself, just for the challenge of it. Georgia "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was 100% sure that someone was hard at work faking or enhancing Sugilite, in order to make some Quick cash on this rare and pretty expensive stone. Today when browsing eBay for something else, I came across these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...088&item=81166 66755 Here is some unenhanced sugilite, just to compa http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...89&item=491128 8666&rd=1&tc=photo I'm not sure if this stuff is real suglite, or if we're looking at dyed howlite - either way, I wouldn't want to wear it against a white blouse. :-) Kathy N-V
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July 16th 04, 10:33 PM
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Blech - the unenhanced stuff is so much prettier anyway.
 -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was 100% sure that someone was hard at work faking or enhancing Sugilite, in order to make some Quick cash on this rare and pretty expensive stone. Today when browsing eBay for something else, I came across these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...088&item=81166 66755 Here is some unenhanced sugilite, just to compa http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...89&item=491128 8666&rd=1&tc=photo I'm not sure if this stuff is real suglite, or if we're looking at dyed howlite - either way, I wouldn't want to wear it against a white blouse. :-) Kathy N-V
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July 16th 04, 10:39 PM
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Those dark veins are certainly suspicious...
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July 17th 04, 12:34 AM
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That is a really pretty stone. I don't think I've ever seen it before.
-- Starlia Klopman www.klopmanstudios.com "Mj" wrote in message ... In the famous word of Bill the Cat: ACK!!!! That first one is definitely NOT sugilite! No, no, no, no!!! Here's some real stuff from a reputable dealer for comparison: http://www.earthstone.com/Info/Beads/Sugilite.htm I'm with you, Kathy. Not something you'd want to wear against a white blouse OR out in the rain! Mj "Kathy N-V" wrote in message .com... A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was 100% sure that someone was hard at work faking or enhancing Sugilite, in order to make some Quick cash on this rare and pretty expensive stone. Today when browsing eBay for something else, I came across these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...088&item=81166 66755 Here is some unenhanced sugilite, just to compa http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...89&item=491128 8666&rd=1&tc=photo I'm not sure if this stuff is real suglite, or if we're looking at dyed howlite - either way, I wouldn't want to wear it against a white blouse. :-) Kathy N-V
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July 18th 04, 10:06 PM
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Those first ones look like glass.
-Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay Kathy N-V wrote: A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was 100% sure that someone was hard at work faking or enhancing Sugilite, in order to make some Quick cash on this rare and pretty expensive stone. Today when browsing eBay for something else, I came across these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...088&item=81166 66755 Here is some unenhanced sugilite, just to compa http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...89&item=491128 8666&rd=1&tc=photo I'm not sure if this stuff is real suglite, or if we're looking at dyed howlite - either way, I wouldn't want to wear it against a white blouse. :-) Kathy N-V
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