Marlene Dietrich's lost pearl earring found?

[WeeGem]

Article's a week old:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6248143.stm

I watched the news segment on this. They had an 'expert' there, looking at the pearl through a loupe. I thought that was a bit odd.....how can you find out anything substantial about a pearl through a loupe? The metal of the earring sure, but my understanding was that to date or find anything about a pearl you'd have to slice it or put it under an x-ray. Tbh the expert looked like he had no idea what he was doing there! He just said yeah sure it could've been hers.

Am I wrong in thinking this?

 

[WeeGem]

See that's what I thought! The expert really looked like he was thinking, exactly what am I supposed to be doing here?

 

[lisa c]

Ah, I wish I'd been around when this was posted, to capture the video as well as the article. You all should give it a quick read if you haven't, just for the chuckle at the end.

 

[KAC]

Also among the items found with the dredging of the lake were three sets of false teeth, a glass eye, wig and bra.

Ha, good find.