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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 794509, member: 5833"]I think it is a natural pearl, rather than a chunk of MOP cut from a larger chunk. Found out how expensive Mississippi River pearls could be when I needed to replace a missing one. They come from a freshwater mussel, not an oyster. Yours looks similar.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly, but, if so, a lot of care was taken rounding off the edges.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 794509, member: 5833"]I think it is a natural pearl, rather than a chunk of MOP cut from a larger chunk. Found out how expensive Mississippi River pearls could be when I needed to replace a missing one. They come from a freshwater mussel, not an oyster. Yours looks similar. Possibly, but, if so, a lot of care was taken rounding off the edges.[/QUOTE]
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