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    Silver/goldsmithing

    I forgot this part: Very general questions are ok, but not asking how to work with explosive gases. I step in when it has gone too far. Go visit, maybe join, ganoskin for these kinds of questions. I would prefer not to hear any more defensive arguments or complaints about this subject.
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    Silver/goldsmithing

    No one is complaining here but you, Mervione. I'd love to see 10 posts in a row from you, with no whines or complaints. I saw in posts # 38 - - and 42 that is 3 times I found after a cursory look, when you asked "how" to do this or that. That is what I was referring to when I said teaching...
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    Who buys the best?

    Hi Tom Welcome. So you got the pearl bug too? I think the only way to sell it would be at a major auction house. One where the oil folks go. Of course it needs a certification, but you and dad know that. Will you post a picture, now? Or later? I hope so!
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    Circled pearls: why do they grow like that?

    Don't forget the second part of the question "figure out what they are";)
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    tiffany pearls price evaluation please

    Where is the listing?
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    Creating a custom user title

    Some people's titles are slipping away. I think that box to allow to change it, does not come on unless you are a Moderator ...
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    Favorite Pearl Single Strand Clasp?

    Hi Cliclasp Please do put up more pictures of clasps. Share as much of your research on clasps as you want to
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    How to buy pearls- best tip ever

    Well, I am not MKA, but I think case imprisonment on cheapo pearls is a recipe for disaster.
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    Creating a custom user title

    I fooled around with the titles and changed a few. On every one I changed, I also clicked a box that allows you to change your own tile to what you want.
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    Tom Stern's natural pearls

    Re: Arco Valley pearl. I just remembered, it was taken off the block before the auction due to a death or illness in the family that owns it.
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    buying pearls in china from topearl.com

    Hi Esther That was a real gypping experience! YUCK. And you can't do anything about it! Hi gemologist So you are saying sites like topearl are out to get your money Honesty is not a value because it raises the bottom line for them. That they use misleading pictures. You don't get what...
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    Hi Pearl Poor Welcome!

    Hi Pearl Poor Welcome!
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    I want to learn how to implant a nucleus in a clam

    If that pearl was boiled it is worth nothing. If it is raw, depending on the size and color it could be worth up to a few hundred- if it is purple and over 8-9mm
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    PEARLS by Elisabeth Strack - How Do I Order It

    Hi Gail Thanks for your resourcefulness!
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    my first trip to shanghai

    Well, you just became one! The value of your photos for daydreamers and people planning to go there is unmatched anywhere else. I look forward the next chapter!
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    row of 171 pearls

    Hi June Those are good questions. Each one answered will help members give opinions. 30 years ago would be about the 1970's- Can you give a closer date when the first owner got them?
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    Ode to my pearls

    Hi Eugenie I am so glad you found our information compelling enough to go freshwater! May your descendants for generations wear it too.... ##### To everybody: Notice Antoinette's quote from above. Now there is a pearl expert of the first water wearing her natural pearl always! A natural...
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    blue tag

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    conch pearl

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    melo melo

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