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 Post subject: An alternative to immersion liquids...
PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:34 am 
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...would be buying stones like this:
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Specs: 8 x 6 x 2.3 mm :lol:

I think this cannot even qualify as a "window". It looks like a sort of multi-wedged thin section... :D

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I first thought the view was of the back of the stone :shock: !

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:29 pm 
It's a ruby from Mozambique, isn't it ? :roll:


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:07 pm 
Nice tourmaline... I just noticed how you underlined 2.8mm xD Looks very much like mozambique rubies :)


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