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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9982615, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Found another couple of trade bead necklaces. The one with the 'coral' I think was a mistake because on closer inspection I think they're pretty modern/not really trade beads.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">My question though is the coral. The other beads are all glass, bone, or I think some kind of nut or seed? On that modern opaque plastic 'wire'. I tried acetone for 30 seconds (held or rubbed), and didn't get any color off. The grain looks odd to me, like its been polished to look like a coral grain. The beads are cooler than room temperature but not cold, does not clink like glass but isn't thuddy like plastic.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385473455362068/IMG_20241014_153136.jpg?ex=670e753b&is=670d23bb&hm=33d52deaeb7ddeb0a6ccd9fc14e22fb6ebd07afb437e86e96bf55f7cc135dbe7&=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385473866399776/IMG_20241014_153204.jpg?ex=670e753c&is=670d23bc&hm=f76c2a167161871c7dd033f37bfcd03c9fc2f751d517aea0110fda1e564aa003&=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385474336034836/IMG_20241014_153212.jpg?ex=670e753c&is=670d23bc&hm=d9bbde5667a4e4d6f492d24daefc5013ca32647aea2de3337a9679d864431070&=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385474856390687/IMG_20241014_153247.jpg?ex=670e753c&is=670d23bc&hm=bbde6ffe87a124b60d7b83e19278e640a9999838eb4cb092ee4c8e738e95b72b&=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9982615, member: 15376"][CENTER]Found another couple of trade bead necklaces. The one with the 'coral' I think was a mistake because on closer inspection I think they're pretty modern/not really trade beads. My question though is the coral. The other beads are all glass, bone, or I think some kind of nut or seed? On that modern opaque plastic 'wire'. I tried acetone for 30 seconds (held or rubbed), and didn't get any color off. The grain looks odd to me, like its been polished to look like a coral grain. The beads are cooler than room temperature but not cold, does not clink like glass but isn't thuddy like plastic. [IMG]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385473455362068/IMG_20241014_153136.jpg?ex=670e753b&is=670d23bb&hm=33d52deaeb7ddeb0a6ccd9fc14e22fb6ebd07afb437e86e96bf55f7cc135dbe7&=[/IMG][IMG]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385473866399776/IMG_20241014_153204.jpg?ex=670e753c&is=670d23bc&hm=f76c2a167161871c7dd033f37bfcd03c9fc2f751d517aea0110fda1e564aa003&=[/IMG][IMG]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385474336034836/IMG_20241014_153212.jpg?ex=670e753c&is=670d23bc&hm=d9bbde5667a4e4d6f492d24daefc5013ca32647aea2de3337a9679d864431070&=[/IMG][IMG]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1295385474856390687/IMG_20241014_153247.jpg?ex=670e753c&is=670d23bc&hm=bbde6ffe87a124b60d7b83e19278e640a9999838eb4cb092ee4c8e738e95b72b&=[/IMG][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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