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Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by tie.dye.cat, Apr 19, 2018.

  1. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Just wondering mostly out of curiosity. Seems it must be soft and therefore not a good choice for jewelry.

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    tie.dye.cat, Apr 19, 2018
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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    travertine
     
    Hollyblue, Apr 19, 2018
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  3. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Thanks Holly!
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Probably Mexican. They make jewelry out of it.
     
    evelyb30, Apr 19, 2018
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  5. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Peach Mexican banded onyx.:)
     
    kyratango, Apr 20, 2018
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  6. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    It is travertine,"Mexican Onyx" is a trade/sales name and the material is not onyx/chalcedony.
     
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  7. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Many plants and stones in the 'New World' were given the wrong names by early European settlers. They were not botanists or geologists.
    Some names stuck, that's how it goes with colloquial language. Another example is certain species of American sage, which are not sage but artemisia.
     
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  9. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    It's so banged up that I'm not going to sell it; I was just curious what kind of stone it was as it didn't seem like a good choice for jewelry given all the chips and scratches.

    Then again, maybe it ran through someone's washing machine or something.

    I'll just pull the findings off it to reuse. Thank you for the answers everyone!
     
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  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I kind of like the wear; those Mexican pieces are supposed to look a bit battered after a while.
     
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  11. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    Looks like carved pieces of caramel to me - YUM!!!!!!
     
    Marie Forjan, Apr 20, 2018
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