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01-24-2008, 03:21 AM
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| No odors, and the spot is actually a raised area, giving the impression that it could be a remnant of the grayish layer that covered the bead upon purchase. Contamination by a caustic material (such as vinegar) seems as likely as anything. Not sure how we can definitively conclude this thread at this point unless we were to send the thing somewhere for analysis. But I do think it is time for conclusion! (Now, back to view those incredible 1930s Bahraini pearl/gems…)        |
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01-25-2008, 04:09 AM
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| The color of the bruise (for lack of a better word) and the fact that it appears to be generating from within reminded me of a pic somewhere here on the forum which I cannot find. I enlisted Blaire's help. She recalls the picture. It is one of a pearl within a pearl. While that sounds glorious, it really isn't. Perhaps our pearl farmers can tell us how that happens. Maybe its a situation where two nucleations converge and one consumes the other which then becomes parasitic. Gross, huh? Quite the opposite of peanut pearls which join, never to be parted. My "devotion pearls", as I call them. Ah, I'm such a romantic! 
__________________ Pretty Panda pic by nlerner on her U.S. excursion last year, San Diego Zoo.[/size][/size] |
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01-25-2008, 04:22 AM
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| Knotty, It's the first time I heard about "devotion pearls." That's so sweet! I do know about the circled pearls being called "circle of love!" Pattye so many pearls, so little time |
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01-25-2008, 04:35 AM
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01-25-2008, 05:07 AM
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| Ah, I remember seeing that photo-- wow, talk about an ugly pearl! LOL. |
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01-25-2008, 05:16 AM
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| Yeah, that's it! Scarred me for life. Anyway, Steve, that's my layman's theory. Anyone got another one?
__________________ Pretty Panda pic by nlerner on her U.S. excursion last year, San Diego Zoo.[/size][/size] |
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