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<blockquote data-quote="elbowgrease" data-source="post: 10416" data-attributes="member: 233"><p>Top advice Wal</p><p></p><p>The topaz that I've got is about the size of a pea. The bloke from the local gem club says its a blue topaz but I reckon it looks colorless to me LOL (however if you bounce the light off it right it does have a blueish reflection, but not blue in the sense of a sapphire), but either way he said that the stone is actually pretty good internally with no "eye" visible inclusions and said it would make a really good stone to facet.</p><p></p><p>I've got another piece of topaz (nearly identical color as described above, but found in locations a good 450km apart LOL) its a fair bit bigger but also is much rougher and will need a bit of work to get a cutter out of it.</p><p></p><p>The citrine is the also another one that's very good internally, both great color and very clean either side of 1 crack that goes through the middle of it. Are these the sorts of things that are safe to send over?</p><p></p><p>I've got a bunch of crystals and smokies I'm happy to send away as well, having quite a few of these I'm not so nervous about losing them or if they get buggered up.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Adam</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elbowgrease, post: 10416, member: 233"] Top advice Wal The topaz that I've got is about the size of a pea. The bloke from the local gem club says its a blue topaz but I reckon it looks colorless to me LOL (however if you bounce the light off it right it does have a blueish reflection, but not blue in the sense of a sapphire), but either way he said that the stone is actually pretty good internally with no "eye" visible inclusions and said it would make a really good stone to facet. I've got another piece of topaz (nearly identical color as described above, but found in locations a good 450km apart LOL) its a fair bit bigger but also is much rougher and will need a bit of work to get a cutter out of it. The citrine is the also another one that's very good internally, both great color and very clean either side of 1 crack that goes through the middle of it. Are these the sorts of things that are safe to send over? I've got a bunch of crystals and smokies I'm happy to send away as well, having quite a few of these I'm not so nervous about losing them or if they get buggered up. Cheers Adam [/QUOTE]
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