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Posted 8 years ago
Bergenpick…
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Heavy goldfish stone paperweight. It's quite a mystery to me, I'm guessing it's a paperweight due to it's size and weight. It measures approx. 5" long by 2.5" wide. Weighs about 1.5 - 2 lbs. Love the marbling in the stone.
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Paperweight or sculpture :-)
Nice carving!
The stone seems to be russet soapstone.
A koi fish are you sure not jade ?
I guess soapstone is more accurate ?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177221765/chinese-hand-carved-vintage-soapstone?ref=related-1
But I have seen that color Jade also
I haven't tested it yet, let me do that now.
Hmm... most of the fish came back as topaz. On some of the lighter spots it came back as jadeite.
A little scratch test with a steel sharp thing in a hidden part will say!
Soapstone is rather soft and steel will leave a white mark.
Jade is very hard and steel will left a grey trace.