Featured ID help with carved jewelry from pink stone

Good morning everyone,

I'm hoping to find out what these earrings and this pendant are made of. They are not a set, so they could be made of the different stones. I just decided to post them together because they're similar.

Thanks in advance for the help

 

Pink quartz, the pendant is Chinese

 

Okay thank you! Can you tell what the pendant is supposed to be? I'm not quite sure...

 

I agree, pink quartz or rosequartz, a Chinese favourite.
The lovely pendant looks like an eggplant/aubergine and a fruit, maybe an apple. Eggplants refer to officials (administrative), apples to peace.

 

Scratch the backs with a knife. If they are easily scratched, they are not quartz or true jade. If they scratch easily they may be nephrite or jadeite

 

Huh?

 

Both nephrite and jadeite are true jade and can't be scratched with a knife. They are the only true jades there are.
Maybe you are thinking of 'serpentine jade' which is serpentine which looks like jade but isn't. These aren't 'serpentine jade' though.

 

I bet those earrings are HEAVY!!!

 

Those seem like a good fit for the pendant's shape. Thanks for the info!

 

Yes they are. I love them, but they really pull on my ear lobes!

 

The pendant looks like a peach and a gourd or something. It might be glass; the Chinese have been known to knock off their own knockoffs.

 

wouldn't those post earrings drag ones ears to the floor ??
Nice pendant....

 

You're absolutely correct. I was thinking of serpentine. But these items still could be jade since jade comes in a variety of colors. The scratch test will not tell weather it is quartz or jade but it will eliminate softer materials from consideration.