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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 3154653, member: 15199"]I would wait and look for wear first, but as an answer, I would use a cactus spine and only try to put in in the hole itself. this will make it fast, so arrange the glass, loop , and hook in a straight order. Beside of the limitation as some women like them to wiggle a little, I would only do as a last resort, so the glass doesn't crack. The metal loop is likely a Hardness of 6-6.5 and modern glass is about 5.5 , I do not have a figure for ancient glass. </p><p> If the ear rings become damaged, you can have similar motiff with iodocrase ( vesusianite) here is one site. It is named because it was found near/in lava flows there, but is probably much older than the obsidian flow. ...But pretty <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/market/vesuvianite_jewelry" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/market/vesuvianite_jewelry" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/market/vesuvianite_jewelry</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 3154653, member: 15199"]I would wait and look for wear first, but as an answer, I would use a cactus spine and only try to put in in the hole itself. this will make it fast, so arrange the glass, loop , and hook in a straight order. Beside of the limitation as some women like them to wiggle a little, I would only do as a last resort, so the glass doesn't crack. The metal loop is likely a Hardness of 6-6.5 and modern glass is about 5.5 , I do not have a figure for ancient glass. If the ear rings become damaged, you can have similar motiff with iodocrase ( vesusianite) here is one site. It is named because it was found near/in lava flows there, but is probably much older than the obsidian flow. ...But pretty :) [url]https://www.etsy.com/market/vesuvianite_jewelry[/url].[/QUOTE]
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