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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 288913, member: 5833&quot;]Basically weighing in to confirm what has already been proposed.&nbsp; The cameo is definitely banded agate, aka hardstone, although stones like this have been dyed to get some color into what was probably a pretty dull stone to begin with.&nbsp; These typically look like carnelian/cornelian on the bottom layer.&nbsp; Above that is often a layer that looks sort of a lilac, an effect created by the red showing through white, &amp; then the figure is cut in the top white layer.&nbsp; Looks as though the top layer of this piece has a lovely translucence.&nbsp; The figure is more likely to be Cupid than an anonymous female angel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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