Eh???
Hematite is iron oxide, and a naturally occurring mineral. (I've even found my very own specimen in the field.)
Most comes from Western Australia, where there are huuuuge iron ore deposits.
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from mªdcªt :
]Eh??? ] ]Hematite is iron oxide, and a naturally occurring mineral. (I've even ]found my very own specimen in the field.)
yes. but to MAKE anything out of it - other than chips - they grind it to powder and reform it.
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Actually that will be called a variation of the of the name, like "hemalyke" or say that it's reconstituted. They do also make real hematite into round beads.
Like I said, it's the same idea of rolling a ball of dough into a ball between the palms of your hands. First you get it into rough shape, then fine it up between two parallel abrasive plates.
Tina
it to powder and reform it.<
The reformed stuff is frequently called "hemalyke". I have to say, it's pretty much better than the natural stone...it doesn't pit like hematite does, and it's somewhat less brittle.
-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :
]The reformed stuff is frequently called "hemalyke".
frequently, but not always. and this is what's driving me nutz again. and i know i'm sounding argumentative, and i don't mean to be, but i do have to say - at every rock/gem show and bead show i've been to . . . they don't call it that. if you really keep asking and asking questions, they finally admit that it is "remade".
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :
]Like I said, it's the same idea of rolling a ball of dough into a ball ]between the palms of your hands. First you get it into rough shape, then ]fine it up between two parallel abrasive plates.
okay. how do you tell the difference?
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To all intents and purposes, the manmade version and the natural are identical. As Mr. Spock said, "A difference which makes no difference is no difference."
Celine
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]To all intents and purposes, the manmade version and the natural are identical.
well, somehow, i think it does make a difference - at least to some people. and if i sell it, i want to make sure i properly identify it, so it doesn't come back to haunt me later.
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 3:33:08 -0400, vj wrote (in message ):
I tell people that nearly all commercially available Hematite is re-formed, and that since there's no way for me (or almost anyone else) to tell the difference between the natural and manufactured stuff, to consider it manufactured. To me, that's an honest and complete answer, and so far no one has complained.
Kathy N-V
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :
]I tell people that nearly all commercially available Hematite is re-formed, ]and that since there's no way for me (or almost anyone else) to tell the ]difference between the natural and manufactured stuff, to consider it ]manufactured. To me, that's an honest and complete answer, and so far no one ]has complained.
that could work! [channeling Christy again]
thanks, Kathy!!!
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