Featured Carved Chinese pendant-what is it made of?

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  1. Ratsy Brown

    Ratsy Brown Well-Known Member

    hello all
    Here i have a carved chinese pendant from a stone i cannot identify. It feels too soft to be jade. I would say soapstone but in this blue colour? I havent seen one like it before.

    There is a bird of some sort on one side, maybe a pheonix. And a dragon on the other with its tail wrapping back round to the pheonix. A few holes peircing right the way through. I also notice some small spots of gold in places. Remnants of gilding i guess?

    Measures 5cm x 2.5cm.

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    Ratsy Brown, Jan 28, 2018
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  2. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    Possibly lapis lazuli?
     
    Marie Forjan, Jan 28, 2018
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  3. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    lapis
     
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Lapis...fer sure !
     
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  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Very likely the lapis-wannabe, sodalite.

    Debora

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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    ahhh, yer probably right....:sorry:
     
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  7. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Does the carving have pyrite in it? A photo means little....both types of the stones can look the same.
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    That's why I said OK to both...:hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I think it's sodalite dyed within an inch of its life. The gray usually indicates dye.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Lovely piece, Ratsy.
    Looks like these are pyrite inclusions, so lapis lazuli:
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    Any Jewelry, Jan 29, 2018
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