Please identify stones in necklace

WhimsicalZephyr · **Joined:** Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:56 am **Posts:** 1

I was wondering what the beads and pendant in this necklace are. Thanks in advance.

Alan F. · **Joined:** Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:55 am **Posts:** 543

A photograph is not the best diagnostic tool, but as an educated guess, a variety of banded agate. Try a hardness test and see if you can get an RI reading. Might be able to get a better idea then.

1bwana1 · **Joined:** Thu May 12, 2016 2:18 am **Posts:** 1507

The species is Chalcedony

For the Variety call:

Agate must have wavy banding, and some degree of translucency.

These look opaque which would put them in the Jasper variety.

glhays · **Posted:** Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:15 pm

Looks like some picture stone. Agree with 1Bwana1.

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