Featured I think I have some saphiret!

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I've been holding my mother's jewelry since she passed more than 5 years ago - until my siblings were ready to divide it up. I've sorted through it a couple of times already but today I was going to start the final list.
    I never really looked at the stones on this bracelet. It's sterling with ammonite fossils, and what I now think, thanks to you all, may be saphiret cabochons.
    It was artisan made in Concord, MA in the 1980s or 1990s. There is mark on it that I can not read. I'll see if DH can get a better photo of it.
    What do you think?

    Sorry - I can make the most beautiful things look ugly.

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    Bookahtoo, Jul 6, 2023
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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Looks like labradorite and ammonites.
     
    Hollyblue, Jul 6, 2023
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  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Damn!!!!!
     
    Bookahtoo, Jul 6, 2023
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  4. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    Sorry, I agree :(
     
    Marie Forjan, Jul 6, 2023
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  5. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks Holly and Marie. That's okay.
    I'll tell you - the desirability went up by 100% when I thought it was saphiret! :D:D:D:rolleyes:
    Now I can go back to thinking it might be perfect for my niece.
     
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  6. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    One more for Labradorite.

    Perfect for your niece, though!
     
    Lucille.b, Jul 6, 2023
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  7. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    You will find it when you least expect it.
    Patience ;):hilarious:
    Still a lovely bracelet :)
     
    KSW, Jul 7, 2023
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  8. ola402

    ola402 Well-Known Member

    It looks like sterling? I avoid bracelets with that type of clasp. I lost a very nice bracelet (Robert Lee Morris sterling) because that connector came apart. I can slip one of those within 5 minutes! How old is your niece? Someone extremely active might have the same problem that I have. (not that I'm extremely active, lol)
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Book, one giveaway was the date, saphiret is early 20th century until about 1930.
    A very nice bracelet though, and I like labradorite.
    I am the opposite, I can never get the thingie through the ring, and get all flustered.:shame::playful: Which is why I also avoid those clasps.
     
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  10. silverbell

    silverbell Well-Known Member

    Ola and AJ: I have both problems! Once I get someone to put it on for me, I need a minder to ensure I don't lose it!
     
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  11. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    My niece is 28. My brother will be choosing for her.
     
    Bookahtoo, Jul 7, 2023
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  12. Elen Beattie

    Elen Beattie Well-Known Member

    I'd love to find a saphiret piece in the wild, maybe one day! :woot:
     
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  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The bracelet is 90s or later and labradorite for sure. It comes in white as well as gray and has that "butterfly wing" schiller to it. Trade name: rainbow moonstone. Sapphiret glass...we wish!
     
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  14. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks everybody. I might have some more pictures of some of my mother's jewelry. Since I'm the self proclaimed family expert I better get it right!!!!!
     
    Bookahtoo, Jul 7, 2023
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    with our help......how could you ever get it wrong !!!:playful::playful::playful: ;):happy::happy:
     
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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    plus....I think the labradorite and ammonites are a great mix !!
     
    komokwa, Jul 7, 2023
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  17. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks komo!
     
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  18. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    The thing with me book, is that I just find it hanging around on street corners now, you know the saphiret, almost become passe to me now
    :p:p:p;)
     
    charlie cheswick, Jul 8, 2023
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Ditto!:)
     
    Any Jewelry, Jul 8, 2023
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  20. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    :hilarious:
     
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