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Hi Lisa, I just tried to PM you and it seems your mail box is full. I will look for your alternative email and send it there.

Color in nature is usually used as a from of communication. This would make it necessary to have the inside colorful if you are a sessile clam sitting on a reef. Your open shell would be visible to anything swimming above, particularly in shallower water. The question then would be who do you...

That is kind of steep. however, out governments are working hard to chase our currencies to the bottom. I just lost 15% of purchasing power in the last two weeks, gratitude to the Swiss National Bank.

In immunofluorescence imaging we use a number of dyes, mostly Alexa fluor that emit for a long time and can be covalently attached to reactive groups. Lanthanides would be something very stable, but they probably would not emit in the range used here. The easiest may be to substitute Ca2+ for...

AS Pattye noted the pearls look extremely well matched and the luster appears very similar on every pearl. Is the surface completely flawless overall? The rubber would make me nervous. But then it mostly depends on how respected the diamond retailer is. GIA courses that lead to a diploma do not...

Thank you!

I used to travel a lot in Egypt off the beaten tourist paths and the story of the old pearls reminds me a bit of the business spirit I encountered. I once bought a nice sculpture that the buyer assured was not a fake. He did the selling well over a couple of days. This included a nice secretive...

Wow! That was a good choice. They are gorgeous.

Interesting article. I noticed the pearls were flying out the door. I had a couple of deadlines at that time and when I finally made up my lack of sleep, it was too late for the darker variety. Sigh.

As I understand it the company belongs to Raghu Chowdhary. He has a web site here: http://pearlfiji.com/ournecklaces.html. At first glance the pearls look quite common to me. Maybe he wants to surf on Justin Hunter's success? In any ways, I am curious to see how well he is prepared for the...

Hahaha. I have to say that I love the dress, but they should feed her more.

I agree with Caitlin on the pearls. Is the tape measure cm or inches?

Well, the sellers name (imbroke0051 aka I am broke) may say it all. Under such circumstances, credibility is low.

Well, they declare it. So, I am fine with it as long as I know what I buy. I have more problems with products from Asian shops. There is usually very little information on what their definition of vermeil is.

Here is their full definition. They actually call their sterling-nickel-gold sandwich vermeil style. I assume that the EU tends to regulate everything, whereas the US leaves some freedom. http://www.ninadesigns.com/beading_questions/list/gold_plate/all/1

I am allergic to nickel, so I appreciate knowing that Nina is safe. Actually, they declare their gold plated items as similar to vermeil, not true vermeil and they note that it may cause problems with customs in Europe. Though, I can see the advantage of the nickel layer as long as the gold does...

Yes, I agree. And their willingness to experiment with pearls should make any other competitor think.

In my opinion it would be a lot easier and cheaper to produce fake glowing pearls. After all the customer who would buy them would probably be more fashion oriented than really interested in pearls.

Ok. Wiki says that a layer of nickel is used as a barrier to prevent the diffusion of silver atoms into the gold layer, which would cause tarnishing of the surface. That makes sense to me.

Some companies actually put down a layer of nickel over sterling. I am not sure why. It may have something to do with the microplating. My chemistry classes are too far back. Ninadesigns also uses a nickel layer, but they declare it.