Featured Silver belt buckle vintage-lapis?

Anyone help on this belt buckle? Is this lapis ? This is vintage from the family estate. I dont see any maker matks.

 

I've got lapis from Chile that looks like that

 

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Thank you, i was thinking it looks like lapis.

 

It could be dumortierite and the buckle made by a student/hobbyist.

 

Hi again @Rosie Davis!! If you would check out the 3 areas I've circled, it looks like it does say something, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA by the pin that hooks into the loop holes in the belt....where the two red circles are!!!!

 

I agree, it could be lapis lazuli, but you can also find dumortite that looks like that.
Like komo, I have seen Chilean lapis with the same 'snowflake' look.

 

Aquitine, here is a close up of part that fits in hole of belt.

 

Regarding the back: can someone tell me what those little marks are that kind of look like paw prints? Have often wondered how they are formed and what they might say about an item.

 

So much for that!!! Just knocks and bangs.....not marks.....too bad!!

 

Happy, i wss thinking thst too!! I do not know what the lil marks are either.

 

I think a tiny but very heavyweight animal walked all over the back.

 

Is the buckle 2 layers soldered together,the piece may have been overheated when soldering.

 

I dont know. Thanks for the thoughts.

 

Looks like denim lapis

 

Ty. I have never heard of that. Ca n ypu tell me more? Origin, age etc

 

Denim lapis is a "trade" name for lapis which has a majority of white calcite in it.Like old faded blue jeans with a lot of bleached white areas.What other specific questions do you have?

 

Denim lapis is a light bluish-white form of lapis lazuli. This stone comes close to the color of faded denim material, hence the name. I've seen different forms of it but it's almost always the lighter blue with white specks and spots. It's simply a name to differentiate the darker lapis from the lighter speckled. So it's been around since lapis has been around. Lapis is most commonly found in Afghanistan.