White/green agate looking bangle

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  1. Ratsy Brown

    Ratsy Brown Well-Known Member

    Here is a bracelet I bought this afternoon. It looks like jade but I'm trying to avoid putting that word in the title so I dont unnecessarily excite people.

    It's a stone of some sort though, cold hard and smooth. White greens and browns, i assume dyed agate of some description?

    1.7cm thick, inner diameter 6.7cm

    Thanks for looking

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    Ratsy Brown, Sep 7, 2020
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  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's definitely a jade-wannabe. Sesame jasper is another candidate, if not quite. Not agate per se, but close. One of the real experts will be along shortly who actually knows what it is.
     
    evelyb30, Sep 7, 2020
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  3. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Serpentine it seems:cyclops:
     
    kyratango, Sep 7, 2020
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It doesn't look like the serpentine I'm used to, but it wouldn't surprise me. Real jade would.
     
    evelyb30, Sep 7, 2020
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  5. ryan Kirk gregory

    ryan Kirk gregory Member

    it looks opaque, if so we could rule out serpentine and jade right?
     
    ryan Kirk gregory, Sep 7, 2020
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a Chinese bangle. It looks like a natural mineral mix called saussurite. Chinese saussurite is often called Dushan jade, but it contains no jadeite or nephrite, so no jade.
     
    Any Jewelry, Sep 8, 2020
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  7. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Yet another name I've never seen before. One of many.
     
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  8. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    :cyclops:After scrutinize... You are right on!:woot:
     
    kyratango, Sep 9, 2020
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yay!:singing::joyful:
     
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  10. Ratsy Brown

    Ratsy Brown Well-Known Member

    Thanks everyone, looks like AJ has got it again :happy:
     
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