Dear Ed,


Very difficult indeed, it was one of the shells I had to look at twice. But
the real thing is the feeling of the surface of the shell which is more dull
after the heating (this is often so, also in other shells), the shape
slightly different and sometimes there are remains of the miliaris spotting.
I do not have the shell here as I'm in Belgium now but come back with more
details on this one later and on its inner side.

Best, Guido

PS: "The perfect fake is never detected."




On 3/23/04 5:50 PM, "Eduard" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Guido,
> thank you for sharing with us this interesting world of shell fakes.
> I have a small question:
> how can we distinguish a shell of real Cyp. eburnea  from a faked
> (completely white and polished)
> Cyp. miliaris shell? What color do you see inside your faked white miliaris?
> Ed Heiman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Guido Poppe" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:17 AM
> Subject: FAKE SHELLS ONLINE
>
>
>> Dear Conch-L members,
>>
>>
>> We finally put online the modernized and updated version of the FAKE
> shells
>> as promised twice in earlier emails.
>>
>> Visit:
>>
>> http://www.conchology.be/Cyberconchology/fakeShells.php
>>
>> (www.conchology.be - goto Cyberconchology).
>>
>>
>> The former collection of fakes (much visited but in low resolution) is now
>> housed as an addition to my main collection in the KBIN, Brussels. We will
>> refilm it as soon as possible - to show high resolution images.
>> The fakes shown now have been collected over the latest two years and we
>> will updated this as shells come in. We also will join a set of repaired
>> shells in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>> Guido
>>
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