Featured Carved angel skin coral

I bought this bunch of coral today at an estate sale. On the box it came in was written “1985 Hawaii trip carved coral”. I was wondering if this might be natural angel skin coral.
The necklace has a 14k clasp.
The brooch is not testing as gold. And strangely has a hole in one side.
The earrings have had clip ons added and look like they have glue where the hooks enter the coral.
I would think that if these were quality coral all the hardware would be 14k. Also, all the carved angel skin necklaces I see online have knots or gold beads in between the carved coral beads.
Is there anyway to tell if these beads are real without using a gem tester? Am I right in calling it Angel skin coral?
I took photos inside and outside. The true color seems to be somewhere between the two.
Thanks as always!

 

Sorry about the pictures being all over the place.

 

I would've bought that set, too!
I would call this pink coral, because of the marbled coloring.
When pink coral is a homogenous pale blush pink, it is refered to as angel skin.
Here is an article explaining the colors.
https://www.gempundit.com/blog/diff...OiFpmBO4ZiYI_Oax_zVBIvzoBEyI5LJQX8ItwKyI82loI

 

It's real coral, but too pink to be angelskin. I'd have nabbed this and run too. The clips on the earrings are replacements for whatever was there originally. If this from 1985 it probably had sterling posts or similar. If they weren't too accurate with a date, or it was old when they purchased it, they had screwbacks.

 

Other items at the sale had dates on them that I am sure were off by 20 years. The lady who passed may have been confused when labeling.

 

Sounds like. The 1960s sounds much more likely.

 

Lovely set. And I'm with the others, pink coral.

Very good information on corals from the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. Thank you for posting it.
So often the focus is on Mediterranean coral, because of its value in most antique jewellery, but these corals are just as precious and beautiful.

 

Thanks that was helpful! The only other coral I have is red coral in my Native American pieces. When I saw this set in the sale photos I had to get them. I drove a bit out of town but only paid $20 for all of the coral. Plus I got a Zuni pendant, and some other sterling red coral and turquoise pieces.

 

You must show us! I love the NA jewelry.

 

CFH-Just curious,did you find these on FB,Craigslist or some other venue ?

 

I have already sold the coral and turquoise earrings I bought at the same sale. They were clip-ons and I would never wear them.
The Zuni sun face pendant is marked Deanne Qualo. There are lots of different spellings for her name online, so idk.
Here are a few other of this weeks and last weeks purchases.
The hooks in the spiny oysters earrings were replaced. One was missing and I couldn't find a match, so I replaced both.
The turquoise earrings are screw backs marked Mexico Silver. Even though I won’t wear them often, I will keep them because they are beautiful.
The coral ring is a simple NA unmarked ring that fits. So definitely a keeper.

Most of what I buy is Native American and Mexico silver. I can usually find it here in Texas at a very low cost. I spent less than $20 for all these pieces.

 

Texas sounds like a pretty good pickin' ground-for a guy in his 90's,Willie still sounds damn good on that old martin.

 

Nice pieces!
The triangular dangle earrings look like Santo Domingo (Kewa) work. Do they have mother-of- pearl backing?
I might even know who the artist is.

 

Yes they do have mother of pearl backing.

 

Ha! I love Willie. I played his Christmas vinyl this year for Christmas lunch. Of course everyone here in Lubbock also loves Buddy Holly.

 

That's a nice handful of silver and stone........ & shell..

 

I found these at an estate sale in a very small town with a population less than 2000. I find most of my stuff at small estate or garage sales. And I am willing to drive up to and hour out of town.

 

They are gorgeous earrings!
I have this pair, made by Rodney Coriz.

He or his brother Daniel Coriz might have made them, as they work in a similar style.

 

I love your pair as well!! Thanks. I will definitely have to look them up. I got lucky with this pair of earrings. Lots of people do not recognize shell as Native American. Especially if it doesn’t have turquoise in it.

 

They might even have been made by their mother Nestoria Coriz.
All of them are well known NA jewelers.