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Subject:Tremolite or Serpentine?
Posted By: beadiste Tue, Mar 28, 2017 IP: 65.74.52.120 A friend and I are having a discussion about what type of stone was commonly used for inserts into those little deco-era cloisonne smoking sets - cigarette boxes, matchboxes, small round dishes for ashtrays... |
Subject:Re: Tremolite or Serpentine?
Posted By: John R Wed, Mar 29, 2017 Tremolite has a specific gravity of about 2.9 |
Subject:Thank you, John
Posted By: beadiste Thu, Mar 30, 2017 Guessing the glue on these is some sort of old organic goop that could easily be dissolved to remove the stones ... but am not sure the pieces are worth that amount of effort. They're nifty, but not, I think, so valuable. |
Subject:Re: Thank you, John
Posted By: John R Fri, Mar 31, 2017 beadiste, |
Subject:Re: Thank you, John
Posted By: John R Wed, Apr 05, 2017 beadiste, |
Subject:Re: Tremolite or Serpentine?
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Wed, Mar 29, 2017 the white ones are usually made from Serpentine, while the brown ones are Serpentine dipped in a color bath, to make it look old. |
Subject:Thank you, Ernest!
Posted By: beadiste Thu, Mar 30, 2017 If I remember correctly, serpentine would be consistent with the white dust when scratched with a steel point. |
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