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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 720352, member: 210"]I purchased the set below at a yard sale for a dollar thinking it was vintage glass coral. The earrings are, but when I did the tooth test and inspected it more closely, it turned out the necklace is coral</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188057[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So I have been researching corals all day long.... I thought it might be dyed bamboo coral, so I tested it by SOAKING an end bead in nail polish remover for 20 minutes. I rubbed vigorously and no color came off. The next picture shows the beads in the sun.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188058[/ATTACH] </p><p>In the shade now</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188059[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is a close up of the brass? box clasp. The string and clasp are old; I don't think someone would go through the trouble of putting new beads on this old string and use the old clasp. Yeah, I can clean up the verdigris if I remove the beads and restring.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188060[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to find out when they started dyeing corals... no luck. I don't know if it is dyed. I could soak a bead overnight.....it is a long necklace and one bead would not be missed. What do you all think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 720352, member: 210"]I purchased the set below at a yard sale for a dollar thinking it was vintage glass coral. The earrings are, but when I did the tooth test and inspected it more closely, it turned out the necklace is coral [ATTACH=full]188057[/ATTACH] So I have been researching corals all day long.... I thought it might be dyed bamboo coral, so I tested it by SOAKING an end bead in nail polish remover for 20 minutes. I rubbed vigorously and no color came off. The next picture shows the beads in the sun. [ATTACH=full]188058[/ATTACH] In the shade now [ATTACH=full]188059[/ATTACH] This is a close up of the brass? box clasp. The string and clasp are old; I don't think someone would go through the trouble of putting new beads on this old string and use the old clasp. Yeah, I can clean up the verdigris if I remove the beads and restring. [ATTACH=full]188060[/ATTACH] I tried to find out when they started dyeing corals... no luck. I don't know if it is dyed. I could soak a bead overnight.....it is a long necklace and one bead would not be missed. What do you all think?[/QUOTE]
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