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Ideal_Rock
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Hi...a couple of questions have cropped up in the "heirloom" thread..
!. How old does a piece of jewelry have to be before you can pretty safely assume that the pearls in it are natural? I read somewhere they started culturing pearls around 1900, but that seems late to me...
2. Is it true that you can have your dentist x-ray old pearls for you to see if they''re natural? Could a layman tell by looking at xrays? or would you still have to take them to a gemologist?
Thanks!
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!. How old does a piece of jewelry have to be before you can pretty safely assume that the pearls in it are natural? I read somewhere they started culturing pearls around 1900, but that seems late to me...
2. Is it true that you can have your dentist x-ray old pearls for you to see if they''re natural? Could a layman tell by looking at xrays? or would you still have to take them to a gemologist?
Thanks!
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