Recent content by Slraep

What's this odd fascination you have with gimps? Does the wife know?

So the little guys may well still be around after we have gone! And they don't even have a brain. How ironic. A bit of cosmic humour here. "Study: Mussels can survive ocean acidification Ocean mussels can survive global warming's expected acid-laced waters, report geoscientists, but only at...

What country is that? Last time I checked, the US with the help of Britain were running Guantanamo. I am Canadian.

Heheheheheheh. That's good!! Remember this gem, Steve? It is also gone from the forum but I kept a copy. I'm sure the "Lake Manitou pearl" was a first and only for Bloom. "I second that. Give me a baroque with orient anytime and keep the rounds for formal events or sell them to the...

I wonder if he mentions his meeting with the infamous pearl scholar, Zeide G. Erskine, and his assessment of her extraordinary pearl collection. I hope it is in there. Slraep

No, nothing is foolproof but there is a BIG difference between making an honest mistake through ignorance, which happen to everyone, and is easily remedied with a refund(or something equal), versus scheming for personal gain due to unbridled greed. Just as there is a difference between a poor...

Remarkable how the scheme kept going for so long(20-30 years?), isn't it?!! Slraep

Excluding freshwater pearls, if you wanted to resell your saltwater naturals, you would need some certification to appease a buyer's anxiety. In fact, for very pricey naturals, every time they are sold, re-certification is usually asked for by the buyer, or should be. Certification has its...

It just looks like some type of calcite formation. A lot of things in mollusc fossils can look like it was a pearl. Even if it is a fossil pearl(very, very doubtful in this case), it is no longer technically a pearl. After a mollusc dies and depending on its final resting place, nature...

If you eat a lot of them raw, you might wish you were dead though. Slraep

Oh man, that is so F-U-N-N-Y. (Besides star gazing, I love mushroom hunting!) Fly agaric! Beautiful but deadly vibe....(I can't stop laughing). Slraep

(Sorry, I was waiting for any excuse to post this!!) Some Jewelmer runway fashion... http://www.ameinfo.com/189822.html Being as good as damned actually sounds better than someone making me wear this outfit! The scarf makes the poor girl look like her head is inflamed and has broken out in...

Good question.

Exactly. It is a one in five chance error for Chinese freshwater pearls(I don't know about errors involving other types of pearls). No one in China collects CFWP "naturals" or puts any extra value on them, knowing they are not distinguishable from tissue nuked ones, even if a lab says so. Yet...

Hey....., I put a happy face after that one! That's exactly what I mean. In the case of CFWPs certified as naturals, it is not only money down the drain for the certs, but how can they be ethically sold to buyers at prices matching other naturals. Ahh...the pesky Nautilus pearl claim. I...