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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 250273, member: 37&quot;]I asked about this once a long time ago and not sure if it was here but believe it was at the old ebay forums.&nbsp; At the time, about all I got was that it was a fur pin since it has the two pins.&nbsp; Was told it was unlikely to be gold and the stones were probably glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am guessing this was before I got my test kit since I now know this tests better than 18K but, not as high as 22K.&nbsp; &nbsp; The stones look a bit like moon stones or maybe quartz.&nbsp; Some have some milkiness but are mostly clear.&nbsp; I do think them natural since some have inclusions.&nbsp; Some have some fire to them so wonder if they could be some kind of opal.&nbsp; The pink stones look to be synthetic rubies or, I suppose, could be pink sapphires. Everything is prong set, though some are a v-shaped to hold the tips of the larger stones.&nbsp;&nbsp; The larger stones are backed with gold rings.&nbsp; Overall length is 3 1/2&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a very tiny touchmark that is blurry in execution and I can&#039;t make much of it.&nbsp; I sometimes think I see an 8?5 which could be 875 for 21K gold fineness.&nbsp; This would fit with my test and I understand 875 is a standard used in Arabic speaking countries.&nbsp; There is something to the left of that but I can not make anything of it.&nbsp; I have looked at this in all kinds of light and magnification but can&#039;t say anything certain about it.&nbsp; There are some shots of the mark that probably won&#039;t help much.&nbsp; These are the best of about 30 attempts.&nbsp;&nbsp; The last pic kind of shows the number (or not .... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am interested in general impressions, thoughts on stones, conjecture about origin, age, etc.&nbsp; I have owned this for many years, having purchased it at a thrift for very little.&nbsp; At some point I want to do something with this but don&#039;t want to sell it short.&nbsp; Any assistance is appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]77158[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]77159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]77160[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]77161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]77162[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]77163[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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