Window Shopping or How to Make Your Own Kaleidoscope

[davi_el_mejor]

I happened to buy another inexpensive stone from Tan, a 157.5ct citrine. That's about one ounce! 37 x 34 x 19 mm, I didn't even have to magnify my pictures. If anyone wants to know what a windowed stone looks like...

Here it is next to my 1.57ct citrine. Coincidentally, that's one one-hundredth of this honker.

Since it is sooo huge and windowed I decided to play with it and make my own kaleidoscope. The stone is over table down to the lens, looking through the culet. These are not shopped in anyway.

 

[ForteKitty]

so FUN!!

 

[kenny]

Whoa! Cool!

Very creative.

 

[Porridge]

Ha, fun!! More, more

 

[iLander]

Okay, I think this is actually pretty cool.

Can you put it in some kind of wooden cylinder, so that you could really use it as a kaleidoscope-type viewer?

It would be such a unique piece! If you're not a woodworker, take it with you to an arts and crafts show, and I'll bet you could commission someone to make it for you. With a bunch of wood inlays on the cylinder, and all kinds of cool decoration!

Is there someone on Etsy that does that kind of thing?

 

[Arkteia]

You could start selling your own on Etsy. E-bay is full of windowed citrines... and amethysts. That will be "La vie en rose".

Coincidentally, I have an old pendant coming from my grandmother. A citrine... I think it is a good match to your Tan's citrine. The color and the window look the same! Only mine is set in gold, with tiny demantoids and blue topazes on top. Lavish waste!

 

[chrono]

I like how you think outside the box – never expected how fun it can look from that perspective.

 

[VapidLapid]

Well if you've got a big window you need a view to go with it! Weegee had a similar device made for his camera. made his pictures look like the opening credits to Family Affair.