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Looking at your close up I can see some gaps between stones, if I were you I would look very closely as these gaps with a 10X loupe, I expect you will see a clear adhesive which is likely super glue or epoxy. If you really want to know get a pin red hot and barley touch the gap, if it is super glue or epoxy the pin will melt it a bit and it will give off a distinct plastic odor.
Regarding the stone used, it looks like block (man made) to me as the color is far too consistent to be natural. The block used (yes they made all of these) Turquoise, Malachite, Lapis, Sugilite, red and orange coral.
Let us know if you do the pin test and what the results are.
All my best ............ Danny
P.S. They did not have Sugilite on the market until 1980