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Fakes & FraudsAmethyst (and green Quartz) From China

18th Jan 2015 22:58 UTCR. Kelley Laughlin

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These are obviously fake, but I've been asked how they are made. Are the drusy crystals formed on them in a vacuum or are they natural?

What is the process by which they are colored?

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19th Jan 2015 05:26 UTCDoug Daniels

The drusy crystals are most likely natural. As for the color...yeh. Probably not natural, but how they do it?

19th Jan 2015 05:43 UTCStephanie Martin

There were a number of threads about this in the past, here are some links to some of them, found in the fakes and frauds forum, there could be more.


http://www.mindat.org/mesg-55-297440.html


http://www.mindat.org/mesg-55-80301.html


http://www.mindat.org/mesg-55-328324.html


regards,

stephanie :-)

20th Feb 2015 07:20 UTCRock Currier Expert

I think it may be that those specimens have been grown in a lab.
 
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