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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kyratango, post: 1543839, member: 5006&quot;]Update! Just received and cleaned:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]228409[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228410[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228411[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]228412[/ATTACH] </p><p>The two last pics are to compare the latest necklace with others I have (it is the one at the bottom!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>A faint blueish in hue and the color streaks make me wonder if it could be amazonite...</p><p>Scratch test with a sharp steel needle left no mark, but as amazonite is 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale when jadeite is 6 to 7 is rather inconclusive<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stone hounds opinions welcome<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, stone, not Peking or Czech glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Example of amazonite beads here:</p><p><a href="https://www.aromasud.fr/amazonite-de-russie-perle-ronde-lisse,fr,4,PERRL0109-4.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aromasud.fr/amazonite-de-russie-perle-ronde-lisse,fr,4,PERRL0109-4.cfm" rel="nofollow">https://www.aromasud.fr/amazonite-de-russie-perle-ronde-lisse,fr,4,PERRL0109-4.cfm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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