Featured Jade Jewelry?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by Barn Owl, Dec 8, 2017.

  1. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    Today I bought these earrings and pin. The earrings are enameled metal and green stones, while the pin is silk-wrapped wire with what appears to be coral, jade, and a darker green stone. How to I identify these pieces?
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Very pretty. The brooch is like those Chinese 'jade' flower trees. Many of those were agate and quartz, or glass. What looks like coral is usually glass.
    Barn, the pictures are very dark. Could you post lighter and detailed ones, so we can see the structures of the stones?
    If you look at them through a loupe, do you see tiny spiral structures, like a bit of woollen thread pulled out of a jumper? If so, it is jade, if not, it is something else.
     
    Last edited: Dec 9, 2017
  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I think the earrings are aventurine or serpentine or something similar; I'm seeing the little green flecks in them like someone dyed the stone. Without better light it's hard to be sure of anything.
     
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  4. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    Sorry, here are some better lit ones.
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  5. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    Yeah, there are green flecks in them
     
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  6. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    Not that I can tell, but I've never looked at real jade through a loupe before.
     
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