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Help ID this cut stone on broken pin

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by 916Bulldogs123, Aug 10, 2020.

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  1. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    Just yard sale junk or something better?
    1 1/2" diameter cold to the touch and looks carved.
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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Possibly travertine.
     
    Hollyblue, Aug 10, 2020
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Petrified wood? Sure looks like wood, but it's stone. It could be a Southwestern souvenir of some kind.
     
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  4. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    It does have a kind of wood grain to it. I'm not sure of the feel of petrified wood but this feels like stone. it does appear to be cut by hand though?
     
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  5. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Travertine is fairly soft and a steel knife blade will scratch it,petrified wood is quartz and a steel knife will not scratch it.The pits on the front side does not look like petrified wood.
     
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  6. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    Not petrified wood. Agree with Hollyblue and think it’s decorative and of minimal value.
     
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  7. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I didn't think it was petrified wood. I wouldn't have assessed minimal value without not knowing what it is.
     
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  8. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    The fact that no one bothered to repair it, t’s got flea bites, is carved from a soft stone, and is unsigned is why I said that but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I’ve seen items I’ve considered worthless go for ridiculous prices so you could be right. Hope you do well with it.
     
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  9. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I do appreciate your input, don't get me wrong. But my only questioon was and still is what is it made of.
     
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  10. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    If you check the hardness it might lower the guesses.
     
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  11. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    It’s a soft stone and I will usually defer to Hollyblue on stone ID. Travertine makes sense to me.
     
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  12. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

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  14. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I think I can live with that
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    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

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  16. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    Agree but wouldn’t the pits, etc. denote a softer stone that was hand carved?
    Mine didn’t LOL
     
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  17. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Most stones can be "hand" carved,opal has a hardness of 5.5 – 6.5and can be easily be shaped in a pie pan with an abrasive stone and sand paper.
     
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  18. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    I tested this using a single edge razor I could actually shave the sides.
     
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  19. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Travertine it is. It's the same stuff they make those Mexican souvenir necklaces out of. I think it has about the same hardness as schoolyard chalk.
     
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  20. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Chalk has a hardness of 1,travertine is 3.
     
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