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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4299206, member: 2844"]Janette, beautiful though these 'pearls' are, they are not real, natural, or baroque pearls. [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] has identified them as Antilles pearls. Antilles pearls are actually made of Trochus Niloticus shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll down the page to 'Pearl imitations':</p><p><a href="https://en.silvexcraft.eu/blog/how-to-tell-if-pearls-are-real/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.silvexcraft.eu/blog/how-to-tell-if-pearls-are-real/" rel="nofollow">https://en.silvexcraft.eu/blog/how-to-tell-if-pearls-are-real/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the shell they are made from:</p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shellspassion.com%2Fphotos%2Fshells%2F21911_a.jpg&sp=1630330732Tb45785058c044cdeb5d40edeaad6034a9fb0f5d1c9fa8da8aadd7efe78835043" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Polished to show the mother-of-pearl:</p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seashellco.com%2Fpub%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2Ffaa635928ea9a6a47a55cb4ceaefac48%2F3%2F2%2F3255l.jpg&sp=1630330732T27cab19a22f3edb7300d5e321f6ce7147d49e35d38bdb75f1e36abf217deea0a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4299206, member: 2844"]Janette, beautiful though these 'pearls' are, they are not real, natural, or baroque pearls. [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] has identified them as Antilles pearls. Antilles pearls are actually made of Trochus Niloticus shell. Scroll down the page to 'Pearl imitations': [URL]https://en.silvexcraft.eu/blog/how-to-tell-if-pearls-are-real/[/URL] This is the shell they are made from: [IMG]https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shellspassion.com%2Fphotos%2Fshells%2F21911_a.jpg&sp=1630330732Tb45785058c044cdeb5d40edeaad6034a9fb0f5d1c9fa8da8aadd7efe78835043[/IMG] Polished to show the mother-of-pearl: [IMG]https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seashellco.com%2Fpub%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2Ffaa635928ea9a6a47a55cb4ceaefac48%2F3%2F2%2F3255l.jpg&sp=1630330732T27cab19a22f3edb7300d5e321f6ce7147d49e35d38bdb75f1e36abf217deea0a[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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