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Hi Jamey, Thank you for the suggestions. Actually, I had tried both tests when I first got the bangle, but I tried them again after reading your post. But no there's no sign of any soft compound that I can find. I probed at the juncture of the stone and glass but there was no give there. And down to the right of the repair in the close-up there's a round spot or altered surface in the stone, so I tried scraping away at it with a sharp point, but after several minutes none of it scraped away or even scratched. I have other things from the same period that have been repaired with some kind of "glue" of the time - a form of resinous proto-lacquer, I guess - but those repairs have invariably dried out, cracked and flaked away - nothing like this. My own impression is that heat has been applied in the process or repair. Incidentally, the photo - though it's more in focus than most of my work! - is actually a bit misleading. The stone and the glass in fact are much more translucent than they appear, and the marks on the stone stand out less. Will All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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