Maybe so. Large beads are a bit too blue for aventurine.
Well, you did. Still a striking ring. I mean striking, you could punch someone with it.
Pretty sure it's labradorite. Is there more play of color, little flashes here & there, than photos are picking up?
Sorry, it's not. If it had been, the colors would have changed to deep red & green. It's a pretty spectacular effect. It's not iolite. Think...
Labradorite, maybe. But can't really see it.
I don't actually know. Would not be surprised if they are treated in some way. We have members who know more about pearls than I do. I did used...
I keep thinking a ball should be hidden under one of them.
Looks like it to me too, but suspect it is glass.
Green aventurine.
Oh believe me, if it is, you'll know. I'll let it be a surprise. I'm not sure it is, mind you, but the UV will confirm or refute. :)
First definitely looks like amethyst. Second stone's play of color is consistent with the way lab grown color change sapphire can look under...
I like rocks. :)
Amethyst chips.
They're freshwater pearls.
Carnelian. Looks home strung.
That is an Egyptian mark for 600 silver. Yes, they used 600, 800 & 900 silver. Think now they have standardized to sterling.
If they are metal, wouldn't they transmit the heat from a hot glass? Not very protective that way.
This one & others like it in INH's search are made from whole clam shells, the 2 valves (sides) glued together, the dull outer cuticle sanded off...
Comparing the hairlines of the first pair & the ears & eyebrows of the second, I would say no, they are not the same man.
An engraving is not necessarily a lithograph.
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