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Please help me identify this material - is this the so-called calcified jade?

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« on: May 30, 2016, 12:44:54 pm »



Also, can use a focused pic for both the top, and base of bottle.  Would like to get a better look at the blue within those two areas.


It is strange that the blue is so prominent at the top and base, yet so little showing on the exterior of the rest of the bottle.

Still need additional better focused pics of these areas..

I can not explain why the bottle exterior is different shade and whiter color than the interior material, but sure looks like chrysocolla material looking at the top and base.  I just can not explain why the exterior has the appearance it does.. Perhaps heat treated ? 

Chrysocolla has a specific gravity of about 2.2/2.4

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