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Default Prisms (WAS: Dining table that's set with china - but not meantto be used?)

On 12/27/2016 7:11 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
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>> Cats can't see colors.

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> But they can see (and chase) a dancing light bouncing around the room
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>> Where would you buy a prism?

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> When I started buying them in the 1970's, I could find them in junk
> shops for pennies; as the surviving parts bits of old crystal
> chandeliers that had broeken and been taken apart.
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> New prisms are available from Swarovski Crystal. I don't think they
> match the quality and cut facets of older full-lead handcut crystal.
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>
http://starry-eyed.com/prisms/gallery/newSwarovski.html
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> Janet UK
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I like the idea of reusing the chandelier crystals. Yes, the old lead
crystal really would bring a lot of brilliance. I'll bet you can still
find things like that at second-hand shops if you think to look for them.

I have one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/jyxjp8v

It's filled with water. I have no idea if my cat Persia could *see* the
rainbows the way we can see them. But she sure loved chasing them
around on the floor!

Jill