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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Quartz's inner world


The video contain about the internal world (Inclusions) of different types trip during formation. Such rutile, tourmaline needles etc. 

The below video is about the petroleum inclusions in quartz , from Baluchistan, Pakistan.



Lead Glass Ruby Identification (Composite Ruby)

  Glass (Lead) infilling

External: Open cavities (usually on pavilion), filled with glass for a better looking stone (seals cavities, adds weight). Internal: Traces of glassy residue in fractures after heating may be found as a by-product of the particular heating process used. (Stable).

Detection: Magnification. Differences in luster between glass infilling and stone plus possible bubbles in filling and blue orange flashes.

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