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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 1124797, member: 8708"]I have some earrings that arrived in a job lot that I'm sure are tortoise shell<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The react to UV in a similar way to Amber but it didn't sit quite right with me as they had the dark stripes. In my research I found some more coyly described as 'marine shell' and also discovered that tortoiseshell reacts to UV. I don't know how accurate my research is about tortoiseshell but I had some horn earrings that reacted to UV too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 1124797, member: 8708"]I have some earrings that arrived in a job lot that I'm sure are tortoise shell:arghh:. The react to UV in a similar way to Amber but it didn't sit quite right with me as they had the dark stripes. In my research I found some more coyly described as 'marine shell' and also discovered that tortoiseshell reacts to UV. I don't know how accurate my research is about tortoiseshell but I had some horn earrings that reacted to UV too.[/QUOTE]
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