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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2615058, member: 5833"]From your description as very heavy & shiny like a mirror, they do sound quite a bit like hematite, although 'jet black' doesn't fit. All the hematite I've ever seen was a steely grey. If these really were fine pearls, they would not have been strung without knots between, even on a strand that was to sell for making jewellery, not finished in itself. Have you performed the tooth test? Glass artificial pearls can be very heavy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2615058, member: 5833"]From your description as very heavy & shiny like a mirror, they do sound quite a bit like hematite, although 'jet black' doesn't fit. All the hematite I've ever seen was a steely grey. If these really were fine pearls, they would not have been strung without knots between, even on a strand that was to sell for making jewellery, not finished in itself. Have you performed the tooth test? Glass artificial pearls can be very heavy.[/QUOTE]
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