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<p>[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 52318, member: 106"]Sorry I can't help with what the style is called on your #1 set ... but, I really do think those beads are amber. Amber is very lightweight, but because each of your little beads is on its own little silver 'pin', I would imagine it would seem a little weighty. Have you tapped them (the beads) against your teeth?</p><p><br /></p><p>The 'stones' in #2 are not like any turquoise I've ever seen before (and I used to sell genuine turquoise from several sources for over 14 years) Once again, I'd tap against your teeth to decide between glass or plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, one more thing - have you looked for a 925 stamp on the earwires themselves? Sometimes artists will put a teeny tiny little stamp there if there is nowhere else to put it ... Even if they are not stamped, they could definitely still be sterling ... I would sometimes make my own earwires out of semi-hardened sterling wire when I ran out of the pre-made kind![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quirkygirl, post: 52318, member: 106"]Sorry I can't help with what the style is called on your #1 set ... but, I really do think those beads are amber. Amber is very lightweight, but because each of your little beads is on its own little silver 'pin', I would imagine it would seem a little weighty. Have you tapped them (the beads) against your teeth? The 'stones' in #2 are not like any turquoise I've ever seen before (and I used to sell genuine turquoise from several sources for over 14 years) Once again, I'd tap against your teeth to decide between glass or plastic. Oh, one more thing - have you looked for a 925 stamp on the earwires themselves? Sometimes artists will put a teeny tiny little stamp there if there is nowhere else to put it ... Even if they are not stamped, they could definitely still be sterling ... I would sometimes make my own earwires out of semi-hardened sterling wire when I ran out of the pre-made kind![/QUOTE]
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