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05-17-2007, 05:50 AM
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| That is the process! And yes, the keshis are very often more valuable than the nukes - absolutely so when of high grade. Coin pearls are those that look like flat discs. They are almost exclusively first generation, nucleated in the akoya method, yet in the mantle in older (approx. 2 year old) shell.
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