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<p>[QUOTE="jeannette, post: 393938, member: 6654"]Hi all, I had this looked at by a Native Specialist and appraised as: </p><p><br /></p><p>"This pendant has silverwork more likely seen in the middle east, possibly Arabic or possibly further east in India. If it is East Indian it may be Amazonite. Either way I suspect value could run several hundred dollars, possibly up to $500. Insurance value."</p><p><br /></p><p>Been searching for any examples/info with no results other than a helpful jewelry dealer from Tibet stated it is Not from his area and called it "a moth looking up". </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Found out -"The moth animal guide represent three main ideals: mystery, darkness/light, and transformation. To some Native American tribes, moths were thought to be sacred and powerful creatures and there is even talk of moth cocoons being used as rattles in certain Californian Native tribes."</span></font></span></p><p></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Found out -"Amazonite is known as the “hope” stone and is named after the Amazon River of South America. There are no Amazonite deposits that exist in the Amazon region. It is found in many places in the world, but large deposits exist in <b>Russia</b>, Myanmar (Burma), India, <b>Ethiopia</b>, Madagascar, <b>Brazil</b>, and the United States (<b>Colorado</b> and <b>Virginia</b>)." </span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">I still have no idea about the, what, where, when, and who. Any help even an educated guess may sent me on the right path. Thank you!</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jeannette, post: 393938, member: 6654"]Hi all, I had this looked at by a Native Specialist and appraised as: "This pendant has silverwork more likely seen in the middle east, possibly Arabic or possibly further east in India. If it is East Indian it may be Amazonite. Either way I suspect value could run several hundred dollars, possibly up to $500. Insurance value." Been searching for any examples/info with no results other than a helpful jewelry dealer from Tibet stated it is Not from his area and called it "a moth looking up". [LEFT][SIZE=16px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)][LEFT][SIZE=16px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)]Found out -"The moth animal guide represent three main ideals: mystery, darkness/light, and transformation. To some Native American tribes, moths were thought to be sacred and powerful creatures and there is even talk of moth cocoons being used as rattles in certain Californian Native tribes."[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] Found out -"Amazonite is known as the “hope” stone and is named after the Amazon River of South America. There are no Amazonite deposits that exist in the Amazon region. It is found in many places in the world, but large deposits exist in [B]Russia[/B], Myanmar (Burma), India, [B]Ethiopia[/B], Madagascar, [B]Brazil[/B], and the United States ([B]Colorado[/B] and [B]Virginia[/B])." I still have no idea about the, what, where, when, and who. Any help even an educated guess may sent me on the right path. Thank you! [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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