Car windows are not polarized,it can have stress-induced birefringence and can be seen when wearing polarized sun glasses. All glass can block...
It comes in many shades of blue and green... https://waddellgallery.com/pages/turquoise-materials
How diamond tools are handmade.......
Jade "chop",what does the carved bottom look like besides being stained with ink....
Resin with "plastic" flat head screws.It could have been cast from a mold of an original carved bone piece.
All of the metal pieces appear to be handmade,there is no reason I can think of for the holes.Holes are usually below a bezel set faceted stone...
The tools had crushed diamonds less than the size of fine sand embedded into them,many people today still make their own diamond embedded tools...
I see nothing on the pendant that suggest it was cast,possibly some die stamping.
Burst casting bubble.
No files or glue used,probably shaped with wood sticks and abrasive slurry.The stones are "burnish" set much like a bezel or channel set stone....
Puka is Hawaiian for "hole",it was naturally occurring from erosion to cone shells with the surf and beach sand.The OP's necklace does not have...
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Depending on where you live bead stores,craft shows,etc.... local classes where the instructor would replicate it for you. Example......
Art Nouveau style woman's head could have age or made within the last few years................
Different blade and handle type compared to the OP's knife.
Handmade yes,but the "splits" are solder joints. Punching/drilling the holes is not complicated,same goes for making the beads,after making a...
Sandblasted stone pendant..................
It's a maybe 1.5 mm rectangle on the lower lip of the urn.
Top photo,bottom of ring below bird's foot... looks like a very small rectangle but photo is very out of focus.
Tagging shows up in ALERTS for me,I think I have e-mail turned off.
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