Native American? Design

Identifying & Discovering
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Appears to have turquoise, coral and a blue stone. No marks

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Looks Mexican to me.

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Thanks! For the info

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I think the dark blue stone is lapis lazuli, by the way. Hard to be 100% sure as it’s not entirely in focus, but I think I see some flecks of pyrite, which is often found in lapis.

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Sterling? By chance?

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Thank you! :grinning: very my

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You’d need to have it tested if it’s not marked.

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Is there an easy at home way to do that? Is the magnet test doable?

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Yes, there are sets available that have a little rubbing stone and some ‘testwater’ (don’t know the English term for that). You can carefully scratch an inconspicuous bit of the metal onto the rubbing stone, then put a drip of the testwater on it and you will have a result within seconds. It’s based on a color chart.
The testwater is dangerous acidic stuff though, so you’ll need to handle that with care, but the bottle has a precise little pipet.

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What you’re describing is a Nitric Acid test, @Bluegreen. Hadn’t heard the term “Testwater”. Learned a new Dutch word today!

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Haha, i altered it a little so it would make more sense in English, it’s actually called ‘toetswater’

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One of those many cases where English, Dutch, and German are (nearly) mutually intelligible.

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