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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4340239, member: 5833&quot;]It&#039;s a little different than you describe it, the pink &amp; white layers are separate &amp; do not blend together.&nbsp; The mollusk makes the pink layer (or in the case of helmet shell, the orange layer) to wear next to its soft body; it is smooth, like enamel.&nbsp; The white layer forms the exterior of the shell.&nbsp; This layer has a matte quality unless it is polished.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we see in this example is that the artisan cut his figure down into the pink layer instead of trying to confine it strictly to the white.&nbsp; You see the same thing a lot when you look at hardstone cameos from the edge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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