What Is Phantom Quartz and Wiluite?
Mineral Question: Can you please tell me what you know about Phantom Quartz and Wiluite?
Thanks!
Answer: G’day Kristine and many thanks for your query.
Price: $49.90
Wiluite is a Siberian variation of Idocrase and depending on the color can be confused with quartz. Both of which are NOT very valuable anyway.
The Phantom Quartz is simply a Trade name or Commercial name to make the gem sound better than it really is.
For example Cape Ruby sound much better than Pyrope Garnet, which it actually is.
You might also like to add this query to our Gemstone Forum where there are more ‘Experts’ to help you.
I would also ask you to please Vote (below) on this article, and if you have any comments, would be very grateful if you could add some remarks. It will only take a couple of seconds, but the help it would provide to our efforts in answering questions would be amply rewarded - Thank you…
Hope this helps…
Tags: Garnet, Idocrase, Pyrope, Quartz, ruby, Wiluite
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December 12th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Don’t you have to use a visa card to that forum?
Can I Submit questions on the forum for free?
Kristine
December 12th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
If you read the blurb on the top of the Forum page you will see it states you do NOT need to register OR PAY ANYTHING to use the forum.
Sorry you were confused.
David
April 25th, 2008 at 2:54 am
respected sir
i have a natural agate-chalcedony.and i want to know its exact price in the market.if u want to see the photo,i will send it to you and please send me the email address so that i will send it.
the description is as under:
IDENTIFICATION
Natural Agate-Chalcedony
DESCRIPTION
weight 36.90
shape bead
cut polished bead
measurement approximate diameter 14.1
height 27.5
transparency semi-translucent
color orangy brown with near yellow
TEST AND FINDINGS
Aggregate
refrexive index 1.53 spot
specific gravity est.at 2.60
U.V flourescene
LW inert
SW inert
microscope finding color bands
comments orangy stain is present in some fractures
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dear sir
i have got the lab data from THE SCOOL OF GEMOLOGICAL SCIENCES THAILAND.REPORT NUMBER 5024
I WISH YOU WILL COOPERATE WITH ME HONESTLY
THANKS
SABIR
April 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
G’day Sabir and manythanks for your feedback but it is illegal for me to make a comment on something I can’t see, feel measure or test.
I can’t - but you can - especially as you already have the gemological report.
Remember that there is NO SUCH THING as an exact price. It is what you as a willing seller are prepared to sell it to a willing buyer.
The Gemological Lab Reports only give you an estimated range FOR INSURANCE REPLACEMENT ONLY! That is a different price than if you were to sell it on say - eBay.
Hope all this helps….