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Faceted Chatoyant Alexandrite Snuff Bottle

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« on: March 18, 2017, 04:42:21 pm »

I am following this thread with interest because I have a yellow chatoyant bottle.

I also can't figure out what it's made of - my best guess is that it's cymophane.
Editing this post now: this was an early bottle purchase - went back and looked at my notes and saw that it couldn't be cymophane (or cat's eye) because the specific gravity was too low - it comes in at 2.7 so it must be some sort of glass. Looking at wikipedia under "chatoyancy" I see this: "Glass optical cable can also display chatoyancy if properly cut, and has become a popular decorative material in a variety of vivid colors."
I am afraid that may be what we both have. Sad  Do a search for images with key words "chatoyant fiber optic"

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