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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 894571, member: 5833"]From the photos, I also had the reaction that stone is emerald. However, since you say stone is opaque, my thought is that it is either chrysoprase, naturally occurring green chalcedony, or, because of the deep color, what I think is more likely, chalcedony that has been dyed to that color. Was grandmother old enough that she could have owned such a ring early in the 20th century? Hardststone cameos with a (dyed) green background layer were a fashion at the turn of the century & for a time after.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]199794[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 894571, member: 5833"]From the photos, I also had the reaction that stone is emerald. However, since you say stone is opaque, my thought is that it is either chrysoprase, naturally occurring green chalcedony, or, because of the deep color, what I think is more likely, chalcedony that has been dyed to that color. Was grandmother old enough that she could have owned such a ring early in the 20th century? Hardststone cameos with a (dyed) green background layer were a fashion at the turn of the century & for a time after. [ATTACH=full]199794[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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