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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 694892, member: 5833&quot;]It just takes some experience.&nbsp; It&#039;s easier to tell from photos what material something is when you&#039;ve also had the direct experience of holding different types in your hand.&nbsp; Just looking through listings acquaints you with what is &amp; isn&#039;t normally used.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do a search for French meerschaum (or pipe clay) plaque, you will see many examples of chalky looking carvings of mainly religious subjects.&nbsp; It is really too fragile for use as jewellery.&nbsp; I sometimes see a cameo described as meerschaum, have never seen one I believed was, usually lava.&nbsp; E.g.:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://picclick.com/Antique-Meerschaum-or-French-Pipe-Clay-Carved-Cameo-182754781152.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.com/Antique-Meerschaum-or-French-Pipe-Clay-Carved-Cameo-182754781152.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.com/Antique-Meerschaum-or-French-Pipe-Clay-Carved-Cameo-182754781152.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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