Identification old necklace

This looks more like Aventurine than Jade to me. Both Aventurine and Jade, Nephrite as well as Jadeite, come in various shades of green. This looks like it has something shimmery, which is more like Aventurine. There are darker surface pits that looks like it may have been dyed. The construction is most interesting. It looks like the beads are not drilled, rather they are grooved around the edges and the wire has been fitted into the grooves. The loops are wire wrapped so you have a nice artisan made piece, not a commercially produced one.

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