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Scott Schubbe wrote:
> Let me say first of all that I know not a thing about fakes. Tell me some
> L'er, are fakes just mostly a casting of another shell, airbrushed and sealed?
> Or is it a two-part process, then put together, to get all of the inner detail
> that might not be caught in a one part process? If it usually is done in a
> one-part type of casting, how would the inner whorls be re-created? I don't
> think they could be. Then wouldn't Andy's X-ray idea detect those fakes
> easily? What about a dental X-ray machine? Those units are small compared to a
> unit needed to X-ray a leg, etc.
>
Hello!
Hi,
Most of the very expensive rip off shells, as the Gratz's lobettiana and
teramachii splendida started as "scrungy" examples of the real shell, a corroded
roselli was coated to produce the lobettiana and a plain dead collected teramachii
was coated to produce the very dark deep water splendida.
As far as dental x-rays I recently have had bouts with my favorite periodontist
with a zillion x-rays, the machines are NOT portable and you need lotsa AC Power
to run them, you dont hook em up to regular outlets in your hotel.
--
Later,
Emilio Jorge Power
Please visit;
"The Liguus Home Page"
http://pw1.netcom.com/~ejpower/lighompage.html
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