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		Double sided
This is a large parcel that my brother and i sorted through to find the brightest pieces.We bought them from a old afgan trader.

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ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS

 

This is a stunning glass specimen which is between 700 to 3000 years old.Thousands of years ago, the Romans came to Afghanistan to trade glass and teach the art of glass making. Buried for centuries, the discarded chunks had been thrown into a pit for recycling, a common practice in ancient times, but instead were forgotten.It was just recently re found.This piece we selected for its stunning colour-ideal as a centre piece in a necklace or kept a as a specimen.

 

Weight 16.81 cts app

Size 33 x 19 x 3 mm app

COLOUR-where does it come from.?

The brillant colours come from a chemical reaction from the glass when left in the soil for ions.We have a similar result in the opal fields in Lightning ridge Austrlia as when a bottle is left for years there are some faint opal like colours appear-but it is nothing compared to the  brillant colours from this ancient glass.The sands used to manufacture ancient glass contained manganese and iron ore  impurities which over centuries gives unique colours to the glass when left in the ground. The sands also contained sulphurs and glass blowers added minerals to colour enhance these glass vessels.They added red by mixing copper, and lead

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ONE ITEM
Our basic shipping /handling fee is $3.00 per item sent first class airmail.
FOUR ITEMS
We offer a combine shipping/handling of 4 items from the one site for $9-this is done automatically when you go to paypal.
EIGHT ITEMS
You must have 5 feed backs and contact us before bidding and we will send you a paypal request with a handling/shipping fee of $15
EIGHT TO 30 ITEMS
You must have 10 feedbacks to purchase larger numbers and contact us before bidding.We will send this parcel by courier express with a tracking number for $45
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