My only other thought, since it is obviously not a brachiopod, is that it is a crinoid stem in cross section. See Ethelocrinus here:...
Also, please, some of the info you can get but we can't with only photos to go by. Surfaces rough/smooth/mixed? Heavier/lighter for size than...
I don't suppose seller gave any info on where found?
Looks sorta like an ammonite thingy, at least is some of the pix.
Are you sure they're coral? Color-wise they look more like conch shell, but the texture doesn't look right for either. If it is coral, it is...
[IMG][ATTACH] The Diana of Versaillles bronze seems to be a free interpretation rather than a copy. Does it have any info on it re: artist or...
Once heard a television announcer start off to say next up was Star Trek, The Gamesters of.......Trisk, a lion.
I don't know where else it may occur, but I have known these to be called more specifically Mexican fire agate.
I upped my magnification game when I bought a USB microscope. Then upped it again when I bought a better one.
I have one of these, quite a sturdy brass one with black enamel paint, now flaking away, to highlight the markings. I was told it was something...
I know from wallowing in cameos that French makers do beautiful work in glass. I was going to ask about the length too, because it is odd to have...
What power is your loupe? Wondering whether mine qualify as 'decent.'
Thank you @Figtree3 & thank you @IvaPan The bear is beautifully rendered; you can tell this is a high quality item.
Think first might be imperial & second Soviet. @Figtree3 ?
Thorvaldsen, Winter & Autumn. https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/results?theme[]=Theme&theme[]=Time&theme[]=Times+of+the+Year
Maybe for 2 pairs, near & far?
[IMG] Opals look flat to me.
Cornelian/carnelian, a variety of quartz.
I think it's glorious, even if it was not in the luxury goods class in its day.
I can only speak to US fashions, but I can't see your necklace having been new here any later than the 1950s, &, with the aurora borealis beads,...
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