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 Post subject: Pattern identification help, please!
PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 2:01 am 
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I just finished this opal. It looks amazing to me. I was hoping someone could help me verify the pattern on it. It *looks* like it's a checkerboard harlequin? But I understand a lot of people claim harlequin when it's not, so I wanted to check with the experts! I don't want to accidentally misrepresent it to any potential buyers. Scout's honor, I did not edit this in any way except to crop it.



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 Post subject: Re: Pattern identification help, please!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:01 am 
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Is the stone this hazy grey? True harlequin has a repeating square or di-pyramid pattern. Yours is a bit hard to see but it appears to have this quality, or that of a "Flagstone" pattern.


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It's mostly clear but with a little milky translucence. My camera likes to add a lot of noise to my pictures when I get close ups. You can see the base color, though not the pattern as well, in this image:
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You can see the pattern really well at around 5-8 seconds, and at the end.


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