02-19-2024 04:59 PM
02-19-2024 08:32 PM
not an expert, but that looks like an opal doublet to me (composite opal).
02-20-2024 12:22 PM
Not to sound too picky, but photos are hard to decipher. The one photo almost looks like the white is painted on with an enamel.
If you held a gun to my head and made me guess, I might go with some form of calcite. Caribbean Blue Calcite Meanings and Crystal Properties - The Crystal Council
One weird thing is that it looks to me like the maker's stamp was put on the wrong side of the bail. I'd assume that the flat side is the back, and the rounded cabochon side is the front....but idunno.
02-20-2024 12:39 PM
Is that writing on the side of the bail? What does it say, if anything? (See pic below.)
02-21-2024 10:18 AM
Good catch!
02-23-2024 03:11 AM
Hello. I would need to see this one in person to id. Per the photos, there is no iridescence and no tell-tale crystallization patterns or color tones. It could be a nice agate.
Regarding the bail. it is on the correct side. The front of this setting is the bezel side. Easily confusing, though, b/c the shiny side of the stone is the obverse.