One more..Eilat Stone or Chrysocolla?

Hippie dippy necklace for $2.50....what stone do you see? Photographed both sides of the stone. Thanks.

 

Love the stone!.

 

Thanks, so do I! Peacock colors!

 

I would guess chrysocolla based on the style. I had a similar piece and was told the long beads are made from porcupine quills.

 

i'm not seeing pork o' pik quills...their too thick..

maybe the african ones...but they're the wrong color..

 

The metal work seems African, though. What do you think the material could be? You can see the texture if you zoom. Very lightweight.

 

Here’s one example.

 

These African quills appear to be grooved like Marko's photo.https://www.amazon.com/Porcupine-Quills-Indian-Accessories-Fishing/dp/B074NR477W?th=1

 

I'd have figured Peruvian jewelry. The stone could be from anywhere, but Eilat it ain't. Real eilat comes only from Israel and the mine is about played out. They don't export, they import a similar stone from Ethiopia. The necklace is chrysocolla or azurite+malachite.

 

I agree, the style is typically Peruvian, and the stone is Peruvian chrysocolla, a very popular stone in Peru. It can have inclusions.
I began to see this style jewellery in the 1980s at craft fairs etc.
The metal on these is usually described as alpaca, so nickel silver, and the tube beads as wood. I have never examined them closely, but I always though the tube beads looked like some kind of reed.

This type of jewellery was never made in Israel, so no Eilat stone. Just pretty Peruvian chrysocolla.

 

This seller says wood for the tube beads:


https://www.etsy.com/listing/995692...llery-1-39&from_market_listing_grid_organic=1

This one says bamboo:


https://www.etsy.com/listing/235070...ce&ref=sr_gallery-2-14&organic_search_click=1

 

I always figured them for bamboo. Nothing Israeli about those, unless someone in Israel bought some to wear.

 

Peruvian, and typical.

 

Thanks all.