Looks like a rabid squirrel.
Is there a maker's mark? The stones look like poorly single cut diamonds and brilliant cut rubies probably from India,possibly from a jeweler's...
In the photos it looks like rhodium plated yellow gold.
It was early and I was still working on my first cup of coffee,guess my brain was still half asleep.
There is no bezel setting on the ring.The small stones are bright cut and bead set on a "plaque" the solid part of the setting.
3rd photo down is a doughnut,it doesn't look like jade and they have been made with over 50 different minerals.
There is nothing specific on the ring to date it to a specific time.The center stone is a modern brilliant which places it sometime after 1925.It...
The orange one looks like heat quenched/crackled dyed quartz,the green agate in the bottom photo is also dyed and quenched.
Both pairs are punched and wriggle engraved,not etched.
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It's a composite stone made from small pieces of turquoise,dyed,stabilized.etc.. Looks like it dates back to the late 70's....
Masonic items are usually better quality,the engraved lines look off.
Mexico used a lot of foiled glass.............
They really are not tin,they are tin plated steel.
It is not die cast.... it is die stamped.
What does she suggest?It looks like an amethyst pocket my sons found in the center of a Lake Superior agate.
What does the rest of the bead look like?It's an amethyst pocket like you might see in an agate.
On the "amethyst" nugget,what is the circle... looks like someone tried to drill a hole.
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Precious metals had always been measured in troy,it really didn't change until certain people in the government wanted metric to be the standard...
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