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« on: March 31, 2017, 04:15:38 am »

Thanks for the suggestions, seems fluorite has the vote although it doesn't have any green showing. It was hard to photograph as front lighting didn't reveal that it is almost transparent. The deeper coloured band is purple and the other bands more pink which doesn't show clearly and a similar coloured one I've seen described as amethyst so that is an option.

Hard to age it, it did arrive with green gunk all over the interior which was hard to clean out. The only bit remaining is in a ring in the base which suggests it was hollowed with a tubular drill but the hollowing is uneven and hasn't been polished smooth. I would also think any lapidary with a little sense would have shaped the bottle so the banding was as horizontal as possible.

Regards, Adrian.
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