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Old 10-20-2007, 03:13 AM
Valeria101 Valeria101 is offline
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Originally Posted by IowaCamper
Is there any way to figure out exactly how deep nacer is on pearls? What if someone says very thick and somebody else says 1mm?
For akoya 'very thinck' IS 1mm...

X-Ray is the legitimate thing to do.

Some advocate for a less precise method: placing the pearl against very strong light... I am not sure if that works for me though. At least not on all pearls. I hope someone else chimes in here.
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