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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;antidiem, post: 1035586, member: 30&quot;]I think at the center of this pearl is a man-made seed with that stippled texture and that the nacre didn&#039;t fully cover it. I don&#039;t know what manufactured &quot;seeds&quot; exist, but perhaps this is worth a google? I did read that many pearl divers (Na Hoku, for example) use &quot;seeds&quot; from muscles from the Mississippi River. This does not seem to be the case. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kyra, what if the seed was textured and not enough nacre grew to cover it? Is this a possiblity? That is what it looks like to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen PAINTED pearls before, but this doesn&#039;t appear to be one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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