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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 5258836, member: 5833"]It's difficult to tell from the photos about any stones. They are definitely not diamonds. If the piece is really glittery in good light then probably marcasites (pyrite actually, not true marcasite, which is brittle). The other possibility is that they are 'steels', pretty much what it sounds like, metal that has been made to resemble marcasite. This would be my guess from pix. Sometimes they are mixed, with larger stones being marcasite & smaller ones being steels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 5258836, member: 5833"]It's difficult to tell from the photos about any stones. They are definitely not diamonds. If the piece is really glittery in good light then probably marcasites (pyrite actually, not true marcasite, which is brittle). The other possibility is that they are 'steels', pretty much what it sounds like, metal that has been made to resemble marcasite. This would be my guess from pix. Sometimes they are mixed, with larger stones being marcasite & smaller ones being steels.[/QUOTE]
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