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Foilback
by: Been

Imitation stones appear to be Foil back Imitation

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Gems mounted in wax?
by: Anonymous

You piece is probably not mounted in wax as you suspect. The stones are likely ''glued'' into the setting, and the glue is just old, this is a method often used in costume jewelry and a way you are able to tell precious stones from non-precious.

They would not glue a diamond or otherwise precious stone into a setting. Diamonds will almost always be firmly set. The flaking you describe is characteristic & consistent with machine made stones & settings.

Sometimes they will pull the gold up onto the back of a precious stone to keep it in place, but it would not flake away as you describe. I hope this helps.

Amanda Mason
AJI Appraiser

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