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

    What's this odd fascination you have with gimps? Does the wife know?
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    A Graphic Illustration of Ocean Acidification

    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...
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    Are Indian "natural" pearls natural?

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

    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...
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    Tears of Mermaids Imminent

    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
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    Are Indian "natural" pearls natural?

    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...
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    Are Indian "natural" pearls natural?

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

    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...
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    Fossil Pearls??????????

    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...
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    The Ethical Pearl Consumer

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

    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
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    The Ethical Pearl Consumer

    (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...
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    Good question.
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    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...
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    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...
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    Seriously?:) Yeah, I'm going to stop beating around the bush with questions I know the answer to. In this case, I'm asking about Chinese freshwater pearls only. If 20% or more of all Chinese freshwater pearls routinely come back from a lab with a "natural" certification because distinguishing...
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    Lawyers need to put happy faces after non-serious remarks like that!:)
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    Hi Wendy. I'm not sure what you mean. Am I supporting a fraud???? Or am I supporting it is a fraud??? CFWPs(Chinese freshwater pearls) with two certificates from certain labs stating that they are naturals, are being sold as naturals. I understand what Jeremy wrote, but nonetheless, they...
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    To ask my questions again, and to reclarify: 1. Is there really such a thing as a "natural" CFWP(Chinese freshwater pearl)? Taking into account that CFWPs are predominantly tissue nucleated, so a lot of them will come back from labs as "naturals" even if they are not. 2. If a lab or two...
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    Naturals and nuclei?

    What does that mean for people who collect natural pearls? Is there such a thing as a natural CFWP, are they collectable and what would they be worth?
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