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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aaroncab, post: 2991062, member: 3974&quot;]Soapstone (or others like alabaster, marble, etc.&nbsp; ) would be fairly easy to scratch with a knife point or needle, you could try a small spot underneath near the felt. Some serpentine (along with others such as nephrite or jadeite jade, chalcedony, etc...) is quite hard and would be difficult to impossible to scratch with a knife point. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t generally recommended scratch tests on nice carvings, so, up to you. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other ways to help determine would be testing specific gravity, hard to do with a piece this size. You could take it to a jeweler and have them try a jewelry tester on it and see what results they get.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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