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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9578518, member: 5833"]Pretty example. The exception that proves the rule (in the original meaning of that saying.) Doesn't look like this one swivels, although it is partly being held in place by pinning the drill holes at each end. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yellow gold, & I would guess 18K or better. When I first acquired some earrings the seller knew little about, my researches turned up that the marks were Egyptian & karatage mark looked like 12. Wanting to verify this, I took one to the Yemeni shopkeeper on the corner to confirm. When he first got it in his hands, he said, What is this? Is this gold? Tourists will buy 12K, not the locals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9578518, member: 5833"]Pretty example. The exception that proves the rule (in the original meaning of that saying.) Doesn't look like this one swivels, although it is partly being held in place by pinning the drill holes at each end. Yellow gold, & I would guess 18K or better. When I first acquired some earrings the seller knew little about, my researches turned up that the marks were Egyptian & karatage mark looked like 12. Wanting to verify this, I took one to the Yemeni shopkeeper on the corner to confirm. When he first got it in his hands, he said, What is this? Is this gold? Tourists will buy 12K, not the locals.[/QUOTE]
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