The color change was for an onyx not aurantium, onyx every one knows is a
different shape and smaller.  John
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From: ferreter <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Baking cowries


>Good call John BUT there are a few other indicators, such as the shell is
>not the proper shape as the golden , the shell will have uniform color not
>subtle shading like the real one , and the shell will also have a faded
look
>.
> Now how to fake and bake , heat in peanut oil , it will keep that cracking
>down that's caused when the inside of the cowrie is cooler then the outside
>and this causes fine cracks . but remeber , mark all shells as "baked" or
>"faked " as to be fair to the buyer .
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shelloak <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:29 PM
>Subject: Re: Baking cowries
>
>
>>They have crase marks from the heat.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jiongtao HUANG <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 7:32 AM
>>Subject: Baking cowries
>>
>>
>>>Hi, everyone.
>>>
>>>Recently, some "Great Golden Cowries" come to the shell market in Japan.
>>>But in Dr.Lorenz's cowrie book, some black cowries such as Cypraea onyx
>>etc.
>>>can become "golden color form" by baking. But Dr.Lorenz did not explain
>how
>>>can we separate a "golden shell" or "color variation" is a baking one or
>>>natural one.
>>>Could anyone of you tell me how can we separate a baking shell from
>natural
>>>one? or testing method?
>>>Thank you very much advance.
>>>
>>>Jiongtao
>>>http://www.soft.ics.keio.ac.jp/~huang/
>>>
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>>
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