Featured Thunder agate ?Jadeite ? Hetian seed Jade?

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  1. Dreamin_Sqaw

    Dreamin_Sqaw Member

    IMG_20180106_174229.jpg _20180106_160812.JPG _20180106_160812.JPG IMG_20180106_174815.jpg IMG_20180106_174731.jpg _20180106_160812.JPG Can anyone help me to identify this necklace? I've looked on line and tried to find anything to compare it to . I have learned that it is very hard to do this on my own.

    This is what I know :.
    The lady that left it to me after her passing loved to travel . It was bought while she was on one of many travels. The ticket is still on there as she left it. She never even wore it. It was bought over 30 years ago.
    I can not remember where this trip was for certain. She had been to China , Japan , Mexico , Jerusalem, and the list goes on and on. I've had it for about 5 yrs. Her husband passed 34 yrs before she did. He was a minister and they traveled often with the church. He was with her on a trip and purchase it for her. He was a very devoted man and adored her. If he ever saw anything that he just knew " would look great on MoMA" as he called her. He would get no matter the cost. They were never able to have children so they spoiled each other rotten at every given chance. She left me many items and told me to use any I could to help myself out on a rainy day. I took care of her for a few years and I love her dearly.
    I'm wanting to get these items identified. Any help will be appreciated.

    I listed names on the subject line of some items I've been reading about.
    The hetian seed Jade is what I ran across when I added the fact that these look wet or greasy . Amazing to me. I mean just how does that happen ? Amazing.

    The second necklace I have that I could use help on I will create another post for. Thanks


    Thanks for any help.
    I appreciate you taken the time to focus in on these pics. Took me over an hour to get the setting changed to post them. These are more poor quality than the originals. I can get more in natural daylight tomorrow if that ya better.
     
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  2. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Hello and welcome to the board.

    Before even reading what you had written, my first inclination was Mexican onyx.

    Then I saw your friend had traveled to Mexico.
    The tag is written in Spanish and translates:

    "Artesanias Finals indios verdes" to "Green Indian crafts Finals"

    I'm not sure how 85. pesos translates to dollars as the exhange rates would have varied over the years.

    Someone else may have a better translation, I used google.
     
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  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Likely the name of the souvenir shop. Indios Verdes Fine Crafts, with Indios Verdes being a monument in Mexico City.

    Debora
     
  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Here's information from an on-line guide:

    Mercado de Artesanías Finas Indios Verdes, Galería Reforma Norte SA, González Bocanegra 44 (corner of Reforma Norte, near statue of Cuitláhuac, Tlatelolco). Good prices and quality but no bargaining.

    Debora
     
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  5. Dreamin_Sqaw

    Dreamin_Sqaw Member

    Thanks Deborah. So far I've only been able to locate one material that has the " wet/greasy/oily " look to you. Im fascinated by that piece.looks all wet but your skin stays dry. Lol guess I don't get out enough lol ... Any thoughts on the other pieces I put on here.
     
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  6. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    They sometimes coat onyx with a shellac (or something similar).
    Someone else may know what it actually is.
     
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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    As from México, onyx is most likely.

    Debora
     
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  8. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Onyx is a chalcedony/agate.etc. the photos look like "Mexican onyx" is travertine which is a type of limestone.
     
  9. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Do they coat it to make it shiny?
     
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  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Definitely travertine/Mexican onyx. Sorry, not at all like Hetian jade.

    'Indios Verdes' is the nickname of two green oxidized bronze statues of Aztec emperors Itzcoatl and Ahuizotl.
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  12. Dreamin_Sqaw

    Dreamin_Sqaw Member

    Thanks for the welcome and for the input. Glad I've found somewhete
     
  13. Dreamin_Sqaw

    Dreamin_Sqaw Member

    Many thanks to everyone
     
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