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Description: | Polished stone pendant, oval in plan and rectangular in profile and section, with an offset sub-circular hole. The pendant is planar on its base, and has then been ground and polished throughout, even into the center of the hole. Some of the shape could be natural, from a riverbed or beach pebble, while other parts are certainly man made. It is composed of a mineral that only contains magnesium, silica and oxygen. This is likely to be a serpentine mineral or an amphibole, possibly anthophyllite. If the pendant was produced locally, the most likely source for the material is the Lizard complex. It could alternatively have been derived from a mineral vein in greenstone (Dr. Jens Andersen pers comm).The style of the pendant and the unusual material suggest that it is not prehistoric or Roman (Dr Alison Sheridan & Dr Fraser Hunter pers comm) and more likely to be Post-medieval in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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