Jewelry

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Definitely not turquoise, especially if it's inexpensive.  It's so shinny,  it looks like a very hard, polished stone.  My guess is a dyed agate, granite or marble.

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Light blue-green with earth colored matrix in it, looks like turquoise. It looks opaque and agate is translucent and banded. It doesn't have quartz and mica crystals like granite. Doesn't look like metamorphosed calcite either.

[SunSprite]

My guess would be amazonite. Relatively inexpensive. 

Beautiful stone! Love this look

[Shanus]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Definitely not turquoise, especially if it's inexpensive.  It's so shinny,  it looks like a very hard, polished stone.  My guess is a dyed agate, granite or marble.

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@Kachina624   I've had some highly polished turquoise stones. The best way, is to take it to a jeweler...preferably a gemologist. 

[Mindy D]

Could be amazonite. Could be turquoise.

[Mindy D]

Lots of variety of turquoise in just Nevada.

[Venezia]

I've never seen Amazonite with matrix, so I wouldn't think it's that.

It's strung with what appears to be freshwater pearls, so it could be turquoise (not all turquoise is that expensive).  Or it could be howlite dyed to look like turquoise.  Howlite is often dyed and it does have a similar matrix to turquoise.

You don't say where you bought it or if it's new or secondhand.

(Just had another thought:  it could be magnesite.  Magnesite can be dyed and is very often used as a cheaper substitute for turquoise.)

[Whosits]

I thought maybe an agate.

[silkyk]

Looks like Chinese Turquoise to me....lots of it hitting the market and very affordable.

[Shanus]

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@silkyk wrote:

Looks like Chinese Turquoise to me....lots of it hitting the market and very affordable.

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@silkyk   That looks almost like the Chinese turquoise I have...still think it's a good guess.

[Imaoldhippie]

That is definitely turquoise, if it is an antique piece it would be from the long shut down Bisbee Turquoise Mine.  That mine had the turquoise with the gold through it.

Its a beautiful stone and necklace wear it with pride!