07-28-2016 03:58 PM
Howdy all 1. I was thinking this was Art Deco but do you think it is older? 2. The stone on top registered on the Presidium as other than glass but I don't have a clue as to what it could be Do you have a guess? Not sure if it's my eyes but I think I see a carnelian, reddish-brown towards the bottom of it. 4. One pic shows that the ring has a rather crude and ugly repair on one side For some reason I remember that this was done for certain reasons Either during the war and materials were scarce or maybe that was what the person could afford Could just be a bad repair job but I do recall I heard something about this type of repair but I just can't remember what now Any thoughts on that? 5. Last, Not holding anyone to anything but I can't bring myself to scrap this Would you try to sell it or is it junkeroo?
Thank you anyone and everyone for all the knowledge you guys lend, I enjoy learning!
07-28-2016 05:03 PM
Maybe try googling: Art Deco Lavender (or Blue) Chalcedony Ring
07-28-2016 06:14 PM
07-28-2016 07:33 PM
I was just looking at old rings today, gauntlett . On my screen, your stone looks lavender, and not being a stone expert, I'll defer to OCN's guess that it may be Chalcedony. I see a little Victorian and a litte Deco, so maybe transitional? I'm not familiar with the repair you mentioned, but I'd try to sell it before scrapping. Someone may see or know something we don't. Good luck!
07-28-2016 08:45 PM
The side view makes me think that it is sardonyx.
07-28-2016 08:52 PM
07-29-2016 08:01 AM
It's not always possible to tell from a picture, but as soon as I saw it, I thought that it was sardonyx. Google sardonyx ring, or "uncarved" sardonyx. You'll see some that have that "lavender" coloration.
Very popular during the eras that the ring seems to fall into...
07-29-2016 08:17 AM - edited 07-29-2016 08:22 AM
@kpamber wrote:It's not always possible to tell from a picture, but as soon as I saw it, I thought that it was sardonyx. Google sardonyx ring, or "uncarved" sardonyx. You'll see some that have that "lavender" coloration.
Very popular during the eras that the ring seems to fall into...
Good point! I thought there was an Agate-like quality to the stone. When I looked at images on Google the Chalcedony I found was brighter in colour.
I also found this info online:
http://www.galleries.com/Sardonyx
Chalcedony and Agate are both mentioned which makes me ask. Did stone test as Quartz?
"Sardonyx is a banded variety of chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz), with layers alternating between Sard and Onyx. It is an impure fine-grained quartz whose crystals are too small to see."
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