Looks like the bezel has been pried open and maybe the stone replaced.
You won't know what metal it is until it's tested.
The cones look commercially made in the photo.
There is no hardware for a brooch,the 4 "rods/pins" are what connects the center piece to the frame.
Do you have photos of the front and back?
The photo is too small to see the details of the necklace,usually jewelry that is not gold,silver or platinum is considered costume.Bohemian are a...
A lot of people have been making them for years........
Is the silver part soldered to the gold shank? what type of diamonds are there,I see nothing special about the "bezels" as the appear to be...
This is the type of rock you would like to find,it's slightly larger than a hardball [ATTACH] .....
Diamond cut history...... https://www.langantiques.com/university/brilliant-cut/
Don't know who made it,but the front surface is fused silver dust..... [MEDIA]
Who said all chalcedony has been treated? Most of it was heat treated by volcanic heat.
Unless it was cast,everything has been made from ingots for centuries.No one saw the smith/commercial business make the piece.It's like saying a...
I don't know why they call it an "ingot" bracelet everything is made from ingots.
The stone is rhodochrosite.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Use ivory from the mammal that went extinct 10,000 years ago.
Hard to tell which stone it is in the photo see explanation..https://www.gemrockauctions.com/learn/a-z-of-gemstones/labradorite
Made in Mexico...
Carnelian from southern Washington state,Opal from Spencer Idaho....Obsidian,Thunder eggs,petrified wood,Holly blue agate from Oregon and a number...
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