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<p>[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 74094, member: 267"]They could be from a Chinese basket - they normally didn't use very high grade stone for those rings and your third image (I think) shows mill marks (parallel to the width). </p><p><br /></p><p>It's not the hardest stone, but I think better quality wouldn't be soft enough to show scratches - it should be glassy...</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm thinking this because I spent a whole day trying to make a piece of imperial glass into a white jade bracelet! They're pretty and interesting, regardless. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 74094, member: 267"]They could be from a Chinese basket - they normally didn't use very high grade stone for those rings and your third image (I think) shows mill marks (parallel to the width). It's not the hardest stone, but I think better quality wouldn't be soft enough to show scratches - it should be glassy... I'm thinking this because I spent a whole day trying to make a piece of imperial glass into a white jade bracelet! They're pretty and interesting, regardless. :)[/QUOTE]
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