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  1. #1
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    Default Identification please

    I have a couple of stones like this one, but dont know what they are as they were bought a long time ago, (50 years ago actually!!!), thanks in advance. The pale bits in the stone are pink, and the brown bits are Carnelian coloured.

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    I haven't a clue Pat. Have you tried googling a stone identification site?

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    Possibly - going on appearance alone - dendritic agate
    Have you tried hardness / specific gravity?

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    They were made into earrings for me, but I never liked the style, just a post stuck on the back. I thought I may make them into something a bit more fitting. I also have a loose stone the same. I wondered if it was some sort of agate. I don't know how hard it is. I have been looking at stone sellers to find out but without a picture I can't tell.

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    They're pretty stones, Pat. What do you plan doing with them?

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    Not sure really, possibly a pendant, I bought the two round ones when I was sixteen, the shop put the posts on the back. I bought another stone at a rock n gem show a few years ago, but the label came off so don't know what it is. I will draw up a few designs later.
    Looked at your Folksy site, love the rings, especially the Blue Chaldency one. I wondered how you darkened the silver, it looks really good.
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    im going to stick my neck on the line.looks to me like a moss agate.could do with a photo of the rear view.most certainly say agate rather then jasper.

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    It has an earring post on it but I can take a photo of it from the back. At the time I bought a pair of moss agate earrings as well, but they were mostly green, cant show you one of those as one a dog ate and I threw away the other one as at that time I didnt make jewellery.

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