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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 878612, member: 2844"]Beautiful find, Josh.</p><p>It is an Australian solid precious opal. They call this kind 'pinfire' or 'pinpoint'. The pinfire sparkles have beautiful colours, and they are pretty big, getting close to a pattern called harlequin.</p><p>It is probably set in gold. There could be a tiny mark on or inside the bail.</p><p>The surrounding stones are often white sapphires, not diamonds. Best to have both the gold and the surrounding stones tested.</p><p>The style looks 1960s-70s to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>As said, don't clean this yourself or have an inexpert person clean it. Does it need cleaning at all? It looks fine to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 878612, member: 2844"]Beautiful find, Josh. It is an Australian solid precious opal. They call this kind 'pinfire' or 'pinpoint'. The pinfire sparkles have beautiful colours, and they are pretty big, getting close to a pattern called harlequin. It is probably set in gold. There could be a tiny mark on or inside the bail. The surrounding stones are often white sapphires, not diamonds. Best to have both the gold and the surrounding stones tested. The style looks 1960s-70s to me. As said, don't clean this yourself or have an inexpert person clean it. Does it need cleaning at all? It looks fine to me.[/QUOTE]
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