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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kyratango, post: 648043, member: 5006&quot;]You can candle a pearl to see if there is a nucleus inside.</p><p>Cultured freshwater pearls are grafted with a piece of mussel tissue, when cultured salt water pearls have a bead inside!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_freshwater_pearls" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_freshwater_pearls" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_freshwater_pearls</a></p><p>A strong torch through a hole in a black cardboard, put a pearl on it and observe in a dark room what can be seen inside.</p><p>I use for that my smartphone torch app, so it sits flat<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>See there:</p><p><a href="https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?12078-Candling-pearl-questions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?12078-Candling-pearl-questions" rel="nofollow">https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?12078-Candling-pearl-questions</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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