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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3846884, member: 2844"]It looks like serpentine jade to me, which is a good quality serpentine which bears some resemblance to jade. The carving is inspired by a more archaic style.</p><p>Can't help with the purpose, other than decorative. Maybe [USER=9259]@JayBee[/USER] knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>A little casket for a beloved cricket that went to insect heaven?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kiko, with all your jades etc, isn't it time you treated yourself to a gem tester?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Jade is 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale, serpentine is 2.5-5.5. Serpentine jade would be towards the top end of serpentine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3846884, member: 2844"]It looks like serpentine jade to me, which is a good quality serpentine which bears some resemblance to jade. The carving is inspired by a more archaic style. Can't help with the purpose, other than decorative. Maybe [USER=9259]@JayBee[/USER] knows? A little casket for a beloved cricket that went to insect heaven?:angelic: Kiko, with all your jades etc, isn't it time you treated yourself to a gem tester?:) Jade is 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale, serpentine is 2.5-5.5. Serpentine jade would be towards the top end of serpentine.[/QUOTE]
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