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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 405155, member: 201"]I used to be a bead seller and beaded jewelry designer (and may be again!) and have had many varieties of Venetian glass beads over the years. They've been favorites of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one looks like embedded gold foil to me, called "sommerso." The foil may be pure gold, but it's hard to know for sure. Aventurine/aventurina is most often applied on the surface and is copper-based rather than gold so the coloring is warmer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 405155, member: 201"]I used to be a bead seller and beaded jewelry designer (and may be again!) and have had many varieties of Venetian glass beads over the years. They've been favorites of mine. This one looks like embedded gold foil to me, called "sommerso." The foil may be pure gold, but it's hard to know for sure. Aventurine/aventurina is most often applied on the surface and is copper-based rather than gold so the coloring is warmer.[/QUOTE]
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