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Russian, Moroccan and Mauritanian and ? Necklace.

Posted by Frankie Carter on July 20, 2014 at 11:55am

I strung this from Russian amber, Two rare carved Mauritanian phenolic resin, Three W.W.2 Moroccan sourced coin silver beads and what seem to be 925 silver granulation beads.Does anyone have any ideas as to where the latter might be from? I sourced them in the USA.

Comments

Patricia Deany July 20, 2014 at 3:27pm

The granulated beads look like old Yemeni. I can see you are a busy girl, Frankie.
Frankie Carter July 20, 2014 at 3:37pm

I`d like to think they are, Patti. Especially since they nothing like that sort of cost.
Eva Baby July 20, 2014 at 8:03pm

this Looks wonderful too........... wow!
Frankie Carter July 20, 2014 at 10:15pm

Thanks for your kind words, Eva.
Meg McQuaid October 7, 2014 at 6:18am

I've been wondering, how can you tell the difference between Russian amber and amber from other regions? I've been searching this site for information on amber identification, but haven't found anything yet. is Russian amber more yellow in color? This is a very beautiful necklace. Great job.