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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3019787, member: 2844"]You don't really want me to believe it is Brazilian with that dark colour opal in that brooch with that mark do you?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But OK, I'll play along, for Tracey's sake.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>- The usual gold fineness in Brazil is .770, .375 gold fineness would be considered too low in Brazil. </p><p>- The brooch is marked 9<u>ct</u>, the <u>ct</u> mark is used in Australia and New Zealand, not in Brazil.</p><p>- The style of the brooch is not Brazilian, but was seen a lot in Australia when I lived there.</p><p>- The opal doesn't have the classic Brazilian opal colours, which are much more in the soft, pastel range. The strong colours of this opal are seen a lot in Australia.</p><p>- Tracey lives in Australia, as did her father.</p><p><br /></p><p>So not just a single factor, but the combination of all of these factors says enough to me. Australia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3019787, member: 2844"]You don't really want me to believe it is Brazilian with that dark colour opal in that brooch with that mark do you?;) But OK, I'll play along, for Tracey's sake.:D - The usual gold fineness in Brazil is .770, .375 gold fineness would be considered too low in Brazil. - The brooch is marked 9[U]ct[/U], the [U]ct[/U] mark is used in Australia and New Zealand, not in Brazil. - The style of the brooch is not Brazilian, but was seen a lot in Australia when I lived there. - The opal doesn't have the classic Brazilian opal colours, which are much more in the soft, pastel range. The strong colours of this opal are seen a lot in Australia. - Tracey lives in Australia, as did her father. So not just a single factor, but the combination of all of these factors says enough to me. Australia.[/QUOTE]
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