Glass or stone?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by RachelW, Sep 27, 2024 at 1:18 PM.

  1. RachelW

    RachelW Well-Known Member

    I found this cute little brooch today at the charity shop. It tests as silver but I'm trying to figure out the stone. I thought I saw air bubbles so I'm pretty sure it's glass, but it went up by one bar on the gem tester. I thought glass would not react?

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    RachelW, Sep 27, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Lovely, Rachel. It looks like a Scottish Cairngorm brooch.
    Glass is 5-6 on the Mohs scale, so a hardness tester will react to it.
    A Cairngorm can be citrine or smokey quartz, but sometimes glass was used.
     
    Any Jewelry, Sep 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I concur...
     
    komokwa, Sep 27, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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