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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4024764, member: 5833&quot;]Bronwen thinks that color-wise &amp; degree of glossiness the beads could easily be carnelian.&nbsp; Not sure how it was determined they are definitely coral, but, if they are, the shade is too sunburned to qualify as angel skin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use the tooth test on coral.&nbsp; If it&#039;s highly polished I may have to compare the feel to my teeth with something I know to be glass or stone, but I find there is some grittiness to coral, although sometimes very faint.</p><p><br /></p><p>A side note on &#039;angel skin&#039;: a lot of what is sold on eBay, etc., as angel skin or angel skin coral is actually conch shell.&nbsp; I&#039;ve posted this link before, maybe useful here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=1" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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