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<p>[QUOTE="Hollyblue, post: 134712, member: 1496"]Most of the stones appear to be some type of quartz.White stone with blue specs maybe calcite with lapis, turquoise(mystery dyed something).The pink button may be old San Diego county tourmaline which was favored by the Chinese empress in the late 1800's-early 1900's. <a href="http://www.gia.edu/tourmaline-history-lore" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gia.edu/tourmaline-history-lore" rel="nofollow">http://www.gia.edu/tourmaline-history-lore</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hollyblue, post: 134712, member: 1496"]Most of the stones appear to be some type of quartz.White stone with blue specs maybe calcite with lapis, turquoise(mystery dyed something).The pink button may be old San Diego county tourmaline which was favored by the Chinese empress in the late 1800's-early 1900's. [URL]http://www.gia.edu/tourmaline-history-lore[/URL][/QUOTE]
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