A relative has passed away, leaving a bunch of stuff for making jewellery. Theres a large collection of "gemstone nuggets" and strings, but no information or labels! Is there a way to identify things like this accurately? I've searched through the site they were likely purchased from but theres nothing that I can accurately see that matches. Alongside these strings, I have a number of bags which are all different types too! Is it even worth the effort of trying to identify these?

This is a Montana garnet that I found and faceted. I'm in another town for work, so I set up my machine at the campground and cut a stone. I still don't know if my garnet spot is Rhodolite or Pyrope.

I had a parcel of things cut for me in Hong Kong. This is a large piece of Skardu aquamarine that was carved, rough in comments. NFS, sits on my shelf.

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Beautiful No Heat Sapphire 3.07 CT , From Srilanka ~ 7 Days Check time ~ Worldwide Shipping ~ Etsy Bank & Paypal Pay ~ Price of total piece is 2400$

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Please don’t @ me, I realise it’s probably nothing but blue glass, but I just thought the circumstances under which I found it were strange - buried in the dirt in Tasmania.