Hi I have had this tourmaline for many years from Anakie region qld. I have recently sliced a specimen off the hardest part of rock and shows blotchy orange spots through dark stone if looking 100x through microscope, I would like to know why it has a rainbow halo on outer edge of stone when...
I have previously posted about this blue gem but I had very flat batteries in UV torch. Previously chalky green ONLY in fluorescence, maybe that was SW not sure.
I bought stronger batteries for my UV wavelength-390-395 handheld light to take these photos in TOTAL darkness with UV only light...
I have just noticed with my loupe it has a residue film on top I scratched some away with finger nail but took a while,
Is there a way to get this off, as it looks pretty smooth underneath...possible??
Salt build up?
Also looks very clear inside.
I have found another glass stone in the bay not sure if is glass though..
2.75 ct on digital scales
Has some damage to surface which looks like frosted glass from sand is it possible to be a sapphire if very old?
Florescent Green with UV looks like a clear rock with green when I put light on...