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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 6410869, member: 78949"]Hi folks and Happy New Year!</p><p>Among my last year's acquisitions are two pairs of dangle earrings of which I struggle to identify origin and age. One is amber (looks natural under UV light) and the other is stone, probably amethyst (not sure if it comes banded) with a smaller diamond cut stone (also amethyst ??) on the top. The amethyst pair is marked 925, the amber one is not marked and not tested. Will appreciate any opinion on origin and age of the two pairs, also if amethyst can be banded or it is not amethyst at all. The smaller stones are dark purple and quite well preserved (no chips or cracks, no wear of edges) which makes me think that they are made of some hard stone, no idea what.</p><p>Thank you for looking!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419202[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419203[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419204[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419209[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 6410869, member: 78949"]Hi folks and Happy New Year! Among my last year's acquisitions are two pairs of dangle earrings of which I struggle to identify origin and age. One is amber (looks natural under UV light) and the other is stone, probably amethyst (not sure if it comes banded) with a smaller diamond cut stone (also amethyst ??) on the top. The amethyst pair is marked 925, the amber one is not marked and not tested. Will appreciate any opinion on origin and age of the two pairs, also if amethyst can be banded or it is not amethyst at all. The smaller stones are dark purple and quite well preserved (no chips or cracks, no wear of edges) which makes me think that they are made of some hard stone, no idea what. Thank you for looking! [ATTACH=full]419202[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419203[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419204[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419209[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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