Re: Similar carnelian & silver + some sort of chatoyant black stone - Danny? Whatizit?
Re: Similar carnelian & silver + some sort of chatoyant black stone - Danny? Whatizit? -- beadiste Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: floorkasp Mail author
11/09/2014, 12:12:51

Wondering if perhaps it is not stone, but cat's eye glass. They are also called fiber optic beads, but I am not sure that is an accurate name.

Cat's eye is often sold as if it is stone, but it is not. It is not molded, like most glass beads, but I think it is shaped and cut like stones, using lapidary techniques.

Then again, it is difficult to tell from the pictures.



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