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10-21-2008, 01:00 AM #1
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Thanked: 271The color, feel and smell are so different from my coticule that I think its an Escher like the one in Howard's hone museum. A microscopic examination would be useful if the opportunity presents itself but I'm not going to go to any trouble or expense to have it done because I'm not trying to sell it, just enjoy using it.
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10-21-2008, 01:18 AM #2
Well, the color is the least reliable variable in identifying a stone. If you can't look under magnification and you haven't seen a thuringian in person, there really isn't a way to tell what you have.
But I'm sure you'll still enjoy it.
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10-21-2008, 01:22 AM #3
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10-21-2008, 01:36 AM #4
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10-21-2008, 01:40 AM #5
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10-21-2008, 01:42 AM #6
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10-21-2008, 02:15 AM #7
Shakespeare said,"A rose by any other name is still a rose". Be it an Escher or Coticule if it is a good hone that is all that matters.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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10-21-2008, 03:52 AM #8
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Thanked: 9Howard is a great guy who knows and has seen more coticules than any other member here, so his opinion is certainly to be well respected.
" if the stone was greener than the picture" is key. Other than this - there is a difference in smoothness among coticules, and I have had ones from milky to yellow to mustard with a green tinge.
I still don't think this is an Escher - but this shouldn't stop you enjoying it
Cheers
Ivo
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10-21-2008, 08:32 PM #9
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10-21-2008, 04:02 AM #10