Featured ID help with carved jewelry from pink stone

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by MTswirls, Oct 7, 2019.

  1. MTswirls

    MTswirls Well-Known Member

    Good morning everyone,

    I'm hoping to find out what these earrings and this pendant are made of. They are not a set, so they could be made of the different stones. I just decided to post them together because they're similar.

    Thanks in advance for the help :D

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  2. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Pink quartz, the pendant is Chinese:)
     
  3. MTswirls

    MTswirls Well-Known Member

    Okay thank you! Can you tell what the pendant is supposed to be? I'm not quite sure...
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I agree, pink quartz or rosequartz, a Chinese favourite.
    The lovely pendant looks like an eggplant/aubergine and a fruit, maybe an apple. Eggplants refer to officials (administrative), apples to peace.
     
  5. Gus Tuason

    Gus Tuason Well-Known Member

    Scratch the backs with a knife. If they are easily scratched, they are not quartz or true jade. If they scratch easily they may be nephrite or jadeite
     
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  6. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Huh?
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Both nephrite and jadeite are true jade and can't be scratched with a knife. They are the only true jades there are.
    Maybe you are thinking of 'serpentine jade' which is serpentine which looks like jade but isn't. These aren't 'serpentine jade' though.
     
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  8. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    I bet those earrings are HEAVY!!!
     
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  9. MTswirls

    MTswirls Well-Known Member

    Those seem like a good fit for the pendant's shape. Thanks for the info!
     
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  10. MTswirls

    MTswirls Well-Known Member

    Yes they are. I love them, but they really pull on my ear lobes!
     
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  11. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The pendant looks like a peach and a gourd or something. It might be glass; the Chinese have been known to knock off their own knockoffs.
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    wouldn't those post earrings drag ones ears to the floor ??
    Nice pendant....
     
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  13. Gus Tuason

    Gus Tuason Well-Known Member

    You're absolutely correct. I was thinking of serpentine. But these items still could be jade since jade comes in a variety of colors. The scratch test will not tell weather it is quartz or jade but it will eliminate softer materials from consideration.
     
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