More stone ID

Could anyone kindly let me know what they think the asymmetrical, irregular shaped stones are on the middle string of this piece please?

 

Possibly ctrine, but I'm more inclined to peridot/olivine. Having it shown on brown instead of white may be confounding things.

 

Okay thanks. I will post more photos.

 

Peridot I wish. I noticed what looked like wear to the colour of the stones. I treated one to a bit of nail vanish remover and it is just a coloured coating. I think they are glass.

 

Have you aimed a UV light at it yet?

 

Unfortunately I think the round ones are glass too. The chip beads want to be peridot but I don't quite believe them. They don't generally use peridot in costume pieces.

 

I haven't bothered with this piece as I only know UV as a test for amber and I knew this wasn't. Just out of interest, what else can UV test for?

The rest of the beads are almost definitely glass. I just thought the ones I questioned had a natural look about them and thought they might be gem stones until I looked closely. I put my tablet screen on a white background and laid them on it and it showed more detail such as uneven surface colour and wear between the beads. I then tried the nail polish remover and scraped the surface of one and a flake came off.

A necklace full of peridot would have been lovely

 

Peridot chip necklaces are cheap and cheerful. If you search a bit you will find one.

 

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/uranium-glass.78010/

 

Never realised. The cut stones are quite expensive.

It never crossed my mind that uranium glass was used to make jewellery.


I have run my light over it and nothing. It's just plain old boring glass.