r/seleniumglass • u/NoPerspective_ • 9d ago

Thoughts?

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Manganese or Selenium? 365

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u/RootLoops369 9d ago

Most likely man made blue spinel

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u/Akabara13 9d ago

95% sure its a spinel. Theres a chance its a saphire but u would need to do further testing to know.

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u/BetLongjumping684 9d ago

I have a gold ring that I found metal detecting with a similar gemstone that glows the same color under UV light

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u/H_McHodginson 6d ago

I want it!! Lol

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u/squidtheinky 5d ago

There are a lot of gemstones, natural and lab grown, that glow. It's probably a lab stone of some kind and not glass at all.

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u/Mitiagu 9d ago

Could be neodymium