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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 179709, member: 37"]Quite often, Mexican silver jewelry uses green chrysoprase (a type of chalcedony) for stones. I am not quite sure that is what you have since your stones seem more mottled in color but worth taking a closer look. I usually associate chrysoprase as being more uniform in color such as this.......</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]50095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am finding some jewelry that is being shown as chrysoprase that is more similar to what you have. Such as this piece......</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiR-ofvsbzPAhUh74MKHZBiDt4QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FVINTAGE-MODERNIST-STERLING-SILVER-CHRYSOPRASE-LARGE-SIGNED-MEXICO-BROOCH-PIN-%2F351255331162&psig=AFQjCNGblhydmy4BS48MzXoKd7NjJbwTLw&ust=1475505998357374" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiR-ofvsbzPAhUh74MKHZBiDt4QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FVINTAGE-MODERNIST-STERLING-SILVER-CHRYSOPRASE-LARGE-SIGNED-MEXICO-BROOCH-PIN-%2F351255331162&psig=AFQjCNGblhydmy4BS48MzXoKd7NjJbwTLw&ust=1475505998357374" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/9/1/4/6/0/9/webimg/803475886_tp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a general search for green chrysoprase ........</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+silver+chrysoprase&safe=off&biw=1920&bih=930&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimv6ilrrzPAhWDz4MKHcmHD9YQ_AUIBygC#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=green+chrysoprase" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+silver+chrysoprase&safe=off&biw=1920&bih=930&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimv6ilrrzPAhWDz4MKHcmHD9YQ_AUIBygC#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=green+chrysoprase" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+silver+chrysoprase&safe=off&biw=1920&bih=930&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimv6ilrrzPAhWDz4MKHcmHD9YQ_AUIBygC#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=green+chrysoprase</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a chrysoprase Wikipedia page .....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 179709, member: 37"]Quite often, Mexican silver jewelry uses green chrysoprase (a type of chalcedony) for stones. I am not quite sure that is what you have since your stones seem more mottled in color but worth taking a closer look. I usually associate chrysoprase as being more uniform in color such as this....... [ATTACH=full]50095[/ATTACH] However, I am finding some jewelry that is being shown as chrysoprase that is more similar to what you have. Such as this piece...... [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiR-ofvsbzPAhUh74MKHZBiDt4QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FVINTAGE-MODERNIST-STERLING-SILVER-CHRYSOPRASE-LARGE-SIGNED-MEXICO-BROOCH-PIN-%2F351255331162&psig=AFQjCNGblhydmy4BS48MzXoKd7NjJbwTLw&ust=1475505998357374'][IMG]http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/9/1/4/6/0/9/webimg/803475886_tp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Here is a general search for green chrysoprase ........ [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=mexican+silver+chrysoprase&safe=off&biw=1920&bih=930&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimv6ilrrzPAhWDz4MKHcmHD9YQ_AUIBygC#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=green+chrysoprase[/URL] And a chrysoprase Wikipedia page ..... [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase[/URL][/QUOTE]
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