Can anyone explain this?

I had a think last night dropping off to sleep - a good time to solve mysteries!
It is possible, that it was brought into school as a show and tell item - but was stolen as a prank, and that kid hid it under a desk by jamming it into a corner -or even sticking it on with chewing gum. Not wanting to own up it was left there and forgotten about.

Years later a slight movement of the desk suddenly releases it onto the floor where it was discovered.

Unlikely I agree, but it would be one possible solution to it suddenly falling to the floor.
 
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I had a think last night dropping off to sleep - a good time to solve mysteries!
It is possible, that it was brought into school as a show and tell item - but was stolen as a prank, and that kid hid it under a desk by jamming it into a corner -or even sticking it on with chewing gum. Not wanting to own up it was left there and forgotten about.

Years later a slight movement of the desk suddenly releases it onto the floor where it was discovered.

Unlikely I agree, but it would be one possible solution to it suddenly falling to the floor.
We didn't do show and tells in middle school so I don't think it could be from that. I think it still could've been from a classmate thoug . When I found it I went around and showed my friends in the class and was talking about what happened. It had been hidden in my things and I only found it right away because it fell out. If a classmate did put it there it probably either was stolen from someone or maybe was a gift.
 
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That also crossed my mind today, as that would work nicely with that clasp.

Speaking of clasps, I did a bit of research on that one today. It is definitely not for a brooch or any type of wearable jewelry. That type of backing was used much as Rowan describes...it slide into something else and was held there as decoration. Now, purses, shoes, etc., often have adornments such as this. The little indentation you see at the triangle shape edge of that fitting had a small "bump" normally on the inner side to lock on or hold onto whatever it was pushed on to.
I’m a bit late to this mystery. I have experienced many apports in my life. I have also had things taken. I saw a pair of missing glasses fall out of the air when I demanded them back. My husband witnessed this with me. I know this is a real occurrence, what is causing it is the mystery. You mentioned this was an old school. is it possible that it fell off a shelf or something? Did you ask your classmates if it belonged to any of them? I’m just ruling out the simplest answers first.
That would be really interesting if it were an apport. I went around talking about it to friends and nobody said anything about it. I think if it was a classmate's it might've been a gift. We weren't supposed to go to the back of the class when we did those discussions because they were graded and I don't think many people had gone back there that day. Even if it didn't have anything to do with the paranormal it's still very interesting. I really want to find out it's age and where it might've come from.
 
That would be really interesting if it were an apport. I went around talking about it to friends and nobody said anything about it. I think if it was a classmate's it might've been a gift. We weren't supposed to go to the back of the class when we did those discussions because they were graded and I don't think many people had gone back there that day. Even if it didn't have anything to do with the paranormal it's still very interesting. I really want to find out it's age and where it might've come from.
Good point and it’s still an interesting piece regardless of its origins.