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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 897088, member: 5833&quot;]We could use a whole thread dedicated to the question Is This Ivory?, it comes up so often &amp; we have answered it so many times, both yea &amp; nay, with reasoning &amp; photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with everything that has been said.&nbsp; My 2 cents.&nbsp; I agree with AJ that the plain beads come from the vegetable kingdom, although I think there are alternatives to tagua.&nbsp; Have seen enough souvenir necklaces made with seeds - often dyed to an unnatural color - to see that possibility here too, <i>au naturel</i>.&nbsp; Think these were not cut to shape, they grew this way.&nbsp; I&#039;m not trying to pin down the exact species, these &quot;Job&#039;s tears&quot; beads are just an example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0819/3915/products/JT0001K-1_800x.jpg?v=1542525935" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the carved beads, none of the photos show them well enough to say anything with certainty.&nbsp; Like jivvy, I associate them with ivory.&nbsp; However, given the company these are keeping, have to question that.&nbsp;&nbsp; They could be carved tagua nut.&nbsp; As well as I can see, I spot no growth lines of any sort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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