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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 11245530, member: 5833&quot;]It looks like a well made piece to me, good quality even if it turns out main elements are <i>faux</i>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A silver setting does not rule out a genuine stone.&nbsp; I had assumed a green stone was glass because it was in an 800 silver brooch, but after <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/beyond-alexandrite-glass.32505/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/beyond-alexandrite-glass.32505/">asking the forum</a> realized it really was the chrome tourmaline the auctioneers had claimed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Check your stone with UV light.&nbsp; Lab ruby is quite distinctive.&nbsp; My understanding is that the first lab rubies to come on the market at the turn of the 20th century were small &amp; mainly used in watches.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know when they began to grow &amp; market larger ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the way the faceting looks on your stone; the vertices look sharp, like it was cut, not molded.&nbsp; So, even if the &#039;stone&#039; is glass, another indicator of a better piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The glittery bits surrounding the stone look more like steels than like &#039;marcasites&#039;, which are actually pyrite anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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