Help me identify this gem

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Hi I am new here and i recently found this gem inside of a ring but i dont know exactly what type of gem it is or even how much it might be worth? So if anyone can help me that would be great. Thanks in advance
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Hi Rob,

Welcome to the group!

It is really difficult to identify a stone from pictures. We get a lot of questions of similar nature like this here, so a qualified answer would only be possible, if the stone was seen in person.

With that being said, can you provide some data on the stone? Dimensions, color, and weight, would be good info to start with.

From the images, it seems the stone is possibly opaque and a very dark green. Can you shine a light through it and see any color?

The chips and rough facet edges could be a clue as well. My initial guess would be glass, based on how rough the facet edges and points are, but, it is difficult to determine with photos alone.

Cheers!

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Looks like obsidian to me, hard to tell from a photo, even the colour is tough to make out. Perhaps a faceted Apache Tear or maybe a piece of Schorl. It’s kind of rough and not cut particularly well so not worth much if cut from the previous mentioned material.

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Jade or Emerald. I don’t believe obsidian would be used in a ring unless it is costume jewellery. Can you put a flashlight on it to see the gem’s clarity? I see striations going through it in the last picture, which could be green tourmaline or rutilated crystal. I think the flashlight test will tell more. If it was obsidian, it would be more glass-like chips, not so smooth, depending on how old it is.

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Hi Robert,

I am also new here so welcome! Can you shine a light near the stone and tell us what color you see. That would be helpful. It hard to determine what this stone is and once we can determine the color we can do a process of elimination of what it can not be. I hope this helps you.

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Looks like a relatively soft stone like a dark onyx or silicate used in many signet rings made fifty years ago. Jewellers now take such stones out to sell the gold rings as scrap gold.

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