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Two Malachite bottles

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« on: August 09, 2017, 11:44:43 am »

Thanks for your comments everyone!  I guess I'll just have to save up for a nice lapis bottle, as I'd like to have one in my collection (the next Bonhams auction has a dandy, but it's estimated well out of my range). 

George,
Thanks for identifying the c scrolls.  (I love the green glass bottles with blue overlay, that's what I was going for by changing the top.)

Luke,
It's heavy, I was wondering about the hollowing being poor, because of the tapered shape of the bottle? It's more than just a core drilling, however.

Adrian,
I'm calling it malachite, because that's how my grandmother labeled it.  My grandfather was a geologist, though I doubt he tested the specific gravity on it.  I should probably test it, as a friend recently suggested it might be chloromelanite? The second picture shows how it goes lighter in the middle, which I thought looked like malachite.  I hadn't thought about turquoise...

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