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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9741246, member: 2844&quot;]Agree. Not many of this age have survived.</p><p>The turquoise is Hubei turquoise. Hubei is still one of the main turquoise regions of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is antique, but it is also fragile because of the turquoise. A lot of turquoise is brittle, and nowadays such brittle stones are &#039;stabilized&#039; with epoxy. </p><p>Your turquoise was probably stabilised using beeswax or animal fat, which has also become brittle over the years. There are also some old repairs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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