Featured Heart locket Rock crystal?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by KSW, May 20, 2019.

  1. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    OMG Kyra, you are amazing! Thats exactly the same, how ever did you find that! I think INH may have a challenger in the search skills :hilarious:That's why mine has a replacement ring on the top as it originally had an extra bit.
    The price....nearly £500......has to be wishful thinking!. I paid £20 for a full jewellery box with this, several bits of silver and Amber.......:jawdrop:
     
  2. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    That's the weirdest thing Barn, there was one of these in the box that I bought too, never occurred to me they were garnets but I did think they were an unusual colour. Awaiting reply with interest so don't apologise for hijacking the thread. I love the twists and turns of information that this forum takes.
     
  3. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    That's such a weird coincidence. Post yours too!
     
  4. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Will do when I get home. Waiting for the kids to finish ballet!:rolleyes:
     
  5. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Impossible to tell from a photo,rhodolite garnets are a combination of almadine and pyrope garnet. Without chemical testing it mostly a guess,they were named after the North Carolina rhododendron flowers. https://www.romanticasheville.com/rhododendron_festival.htm
     
  6. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    @KSW, I don't think it's a mark, but looks like initials where I circled.....maybe a gentle polish????

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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    That bar brooch looks like dark saphiret to me.
     
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  8. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    Is there such a thing? there is no blue undertone in it; that's a reflection from my computer.
     
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  9. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Rather a pyrope garnet with that brownish red hue:)
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  10. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    INH is an out of reach challenger for search!
    I found it in a shop I explored for victorian tortoise shell earrings....
     
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  11. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Ah, if the blue isn't really there, then not. Yes, I've seen darker saphiret.
     
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  12. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Here you go. Probably just brown glass as I can't see any purple in mine.Pin looks quite long so maybe quite elderly.
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  13. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

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  14. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Oh, that's topaz. Late 19th.
     
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  15. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Thanks OBB!. Two IDs on one post :happy:
     
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  16. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    No, it's either dirt or some corrosion. I'll give it a clean and see but I don't think there are any ID marks on it at all.
     
  17. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    @KSW, looks to me based on some of your questions you need a gem tester. Garnets and rock crystal would be an easy ID with a tester :)
     
  18. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Add a vote for smokey quartz.

    https://www.gemselect.com/other-info/smoky-topaz-quartz.php

    This was just the first, simple write up of the subject I found, but have long heard there is no such thing as smokey topaz.
     
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  19. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    There is "root beer"/brown topaz from Guerrero Mexico which does look like many smoky quartz shades.
     
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  20. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    That deep colour is topaz here. I've a rather nice ring with it. I'm not seeing cloudy, but I am seeing a bit mucky. ;)
     
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