✅ SOLVED Need Help identifying Jade like Pillar or Billet. Thanks!

sharris · Feb 26, 2020

Recently found this piece at a tag sale for $1.
Have no idea what it is...jade, agate, marble?
Approx. 10" tall and 2.5" diameter. Has numbers etched on one end.
Can anyone tell me what type stone it looks like?
(hope my photos load...having trouble deleting photos from an old post)
Thanks so much!

steve

Molewacker · Feb 26, 2020

Perhaps it is a Chop/Seal of some sort though the ones I've seen are for names in Chinese/Japanese script

smokeythecat · Feb 26, 2020

It looks like onyx. It is used in all kinds of modern sculptures.

sharris · Feb 28, 2020

Molewacker said:
Perhaps it is a Chop/Seal of some sort though the ones I've seen are for names in Chinese/Japanese script

Yes, that is what I though at first, also, but since it's such a large piece, I now think it may just be a stock #
Thank you for your insight & suggestion!

sharris · Feb 28, 2020

Thank you Smokeythecat!
After looking at other online images, I think you are right! Onyx!
I can always depend on this board to answer my questions or help out! Such a wealth of info!
Thanks so much!