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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 135679, member: 55&quot;]Well.....I don&#039;t see the irregularity of natural amber; color is pretty close though.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The larger pieces all have a distinct V-shape; flattened, and not a natural shape.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The bends in them make me think they were cut from a flat slab of rock; if one had a flat oval slab, two cuts in a v-shape would make one of the pieces; two more v-cuts would make the next piece, and so on.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;d guess that large flat piece was a type of agate, carnelian. Cut, polish, drill holes.</p><p>For some carnelian photos see <a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=carnelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;FORM=IQFRML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=carnelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;FORM=IQFRML" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=carnelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;qpvt=carnhelian&amp;FORM=IQFRML</a></p><p>My guess as to who made those pieces: either a hobbyist with rock-cutting and polishing equipment, or a more likely source would be a bead-import company, imported from almost anywhere; or imported as a complete necklace.</p><p>One could try googling bead importers, look for stone beads or carnelian necklaces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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