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Old 2014-06-18, 8:17am
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Default Mystery purple in twistie, disappear & reappears?

I made a twistie a few weeks ago I think, & believe it was OY, CG and a new purple I'd bought on a black (064) base. I bought a couple of them though, so am not sure which one. I think they are probably from OCR, Reichenbach?

Anyway, I noticed that depending on how you work it, it must go transparent, because it looks black (two base beads were black as well as a black core on the twistie). Also, the beads pit quite a bit, not sure if that is the purple or something else. I can see wanting it to stay black in some cases, but I could also just leave the purple out if I wanted that.

Can anyone identify the purple? Have any insight as to what is happening? If I cool the bead some, & put back in the flame I can "strike" it back to the purple/blue color.

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Old 2014-06-18, 11:10am
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As my uncle (one of the worlds top scientific glassblowers at the time) once said in reply to my showing him a book on the "Crystal Skull". He just glanced at it and simply said "Oh that thing is from outer space" LOL
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Old 2014-06-18, 11:21am
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Old 2014-06-18, 11:50am
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CG does weird things to any purple, especially in something as small as a stringer.
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Old 2014-06-18, 12:07pm
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Aha, I didn't know that. Maybe that's why.
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Old 2014-06-18, 12:30pm
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Sounds like EDP.
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Old 2014-06-18, 12:32pm
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I know it wasn't edp, because it was a new glass, and I've had that for a long time. Also, this turns kind of blue sometimes, especially heating & cooling. I need to go find my receipts!
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Old 2014-06-18, 5:31pm
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Maybe Reichenbach Lilac? Or Reichenbach Lilac Rose?
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Old 2014-06-18, 6:01pm
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I think I bought both of those. I guess I'll just have to make twisties of each and keep track of them, and mark the test beads I make too, so I can figure out which one did this. It just seems so odd.
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