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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9499077, member: 78949"]<font size="4">Any, thank you so much! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font size="4">Wow, a genuine Bedouin ring, this is indeed very good news, I am glad that I failed this test <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">To be honest, the ring looked to me also unusual, somehow promising and very different from what is usually found here but I don't feel confident enough to make proper assessment. I tried to find anything similar through Google lens but there was nothing. It is quite heavy, 12 grams, the cab itself measures approx 1,8 x 1,2 cm on the top surface, domed and it stands at about 0,5 cm above the bezel while the whole top (cab and bezel, and the twisted wire around) measures 1,2 cm high. No holes are visible, if any, they must be hidden in the bezel. It fits my middle finger so I assume it is lady's ring. It looks very beautiful on my finger, although I usually prefer lighter, more delicate rings with smaller tops. But this one is truly beautiful. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">I examined the coral under magnifying glass and could not find evidences of dying, neither did the acetone test, but it is very intensively bright red so I assumed that it must be dyed. So it is naturally red Med coral, so happy to know it!</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">How old do you think it is? I see some age in it, and if so, I may reassess my intension to clean it from the patina. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Thank you so much for your help and for sharing your vast knowledge! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9499077, member: 78949"][SIZE=4]Any, thank you so much! :kiss::kiss::kiss: Wow, a genuine Bedouin ring, this is indeed very good news, I am glad that I failed this test :joyful: To be honest, the ring looked to me also unusual, somehow promising and very different from what is usually found here but I don't feel confident enough to make proper assessment. I tried to find anything similar through Google lens but there was nothing. It is quite heavy, 12 grams, the cab itself measures approx 1,8 x 1,2 cm on the top surface, domed and it stands at about 0,5 cm above the bezel while the whole top (cab and bezel, and the twisted wire around) measures 1,2 cm high. No holes are visible, if any, they must be hidden in the bezel. It fits my middle finger so I assume it is lady's ring. It looks very beautiful on my finger, although I usually prefer lighter, more delicate rings with smaller tops. But this one is truly beautiful. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]I examined the coral under magnifying glass and could not find evidences of dying, neither did the acetone test, but it is very intensively bright red so I assumed that it must be dyed. So it is naturally red Med coral, so happy to know it! How old do you think it is? I see some age in it, and if so, I may reassess my intension to clean it from the patina. Thank you so much for your help and for sharing your vast knowledge! :kiss::kiss::kiss:[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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