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Not sure of the name
« on: June 01, 2016, 02:01:07 PM »

My dad gave me a small slab of what he called Sergeant's Prizm or Sergeant's Quartz. I attempted to look this up and got no where. I heard someone mention a Chevron Prizm before, but I have not yet saw one. The triangle runs all the way through the entire prizm, from end to end. Anyone ever see anything like it before?
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2016, 03:14:13 PM »

Looks like a phantom crystal cut across the horizontal axis.

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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2016, 05:35:11 PM »

That would make sense. Have you ever heard of either name before? Or something else this might be called? Just curious. Either way, I think it's cool. Pink Floyd comes to mind. :glasses9:
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2016, 07:31:25 PM »

that would make a great alcoholics anonymous pendant.

Circle with point up triangle centered.
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2016, 08:50:20 PM »

 :tongue: I never would have thought of that.
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2016, 09:53:47 PM »

heres what i am referring too.
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2016, 09:55:50 PM »

you make a pendant with that, you know someone with a few years under their belt that earned your respect back, thats the person that should wear your beautiful creation.
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2016, 10:17:17 PM »

Hi Style,

If you google chevron amethyst there are some very similar looking in the image results.
Hope this helps!
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2016, 09:34:01 PM »

I could see a pale Chevron Amethyst if it didn't have the Green zone and on Amethyst I would question only 3 sides.  My personal guess would be zoned Flourite.  Flourite's colors tend to be more a match to the image, Green, Purple and Clear.  The corner cut of a Flourite cube would give this pattern.  Can the material be scratched with a knife blade?  Hardness Flourite 4, pocket knife 5, Amethyst 7
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2016, 10:03:11 PM »

I could see a pale Chevron Amethyst if it didn't have the Green zone and on Amethyst I would question only 3 sides.  My personal guess would be zoned Flourite.  Flourite's colors tend to be more a match to the image, Green, Purple and Clear.
That's what I was thinking. Try putting it under a long wave UV light.
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2017, 05:07:49 PM »

Yep, this is Fluorite. I have many of these that came in an estate I picked up several years ago. I thought the same thing about using them somehow for AA pendants. Very cool!
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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2017, 11:29:22 AM »

I concur, about it being Flourite.
I also purchased something very similar, but in darker pinks and dark maroons bands back in 2001 at a show.

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Re: Not sure of the name
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2017, 02:38:52 PM »

now that i have a flat lap, i would love to get a couple pieces like this one to make an AA pendant.
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