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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 4476062, member: 51"]Stracci, I know I wondered about calling them black pearls, but that's what the owner referred to them as.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anti, I think that stuff is not glue but just "gunk" from being worn. It looks pretty distinct in the photo that is so enlarged... pretty sure it would just clean off, but I no longer have them in my possession at the moment. Something to check though. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wound up buying a few items from this person, but I didn't want to invest in the earrings because honestly I didn't know the first thing and I wanted to be fair to both myself and the seller. But did say I'd do a small amount of research... So looking online and posting here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will pass along what I've learned. Thank you, everyone. I think she will need to get them tested (xray) and maybe go from there to get some kind of valuation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 4476062, member: 51"]Stracci, I know I wondered about calling them black pearls, but that's what the owner referred to them as. Anti, I think that stuff is not glue but just "gunk" from being worn. It looks pretty distinct in the photo that is so enlarged... pretty sure it would just clean off, but I no longer have them in my possession at the moment. Something to check though. I wound up buying a few items from this person, but I didn't want to invest in the earrings because honestly I didn't know the first thing and I wanted to be fair to both myself and the seller. But did say I'd do a small amount of research... So looking online and posting here. I will pass along what I've learned. Thank you, everyone. I think she will need to get them tested (xray) and maybe go from there to get some kind of valuation.[/QUOTE]
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