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    Posted 11 years ago

    olliepunkg…
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    Im not sure what this is, my family found it in a house they bought. Someone mentioned it could be an old plumb bob. It is definitely antique and made of some stone. It is solid, heavy for its size and it does scratch.
    approx 3 1/4 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide

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    1. Stillwater Stillwater, 11 years ago
      Its jade
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 11 years ago
      Jade would scratch.
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 11 years ago
      nephrite [jade] cannot be scratched w/ metal.
    4. olliepunkgurl, 11 years ago
      I was incorrect before. I was in bad light but when i checked again it does scratch where i tried to scratch it. Sorry about that! Thanks for everyone's help

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