Dyed fossil coral
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Posted by: Russ Nobbs Mail author
04/05/2008, 06:23:50

We've been looking in Guangzhou at a lot of the gem sellers for some red biezen enhanced Indonesian coral. We saw some a few weeks ago but didn't remember where. Today I found some DYED Indonesian coral.

How do I know it is dyed? The process for dying candy jade and most of the magnesite has a distinctive odor when fresh. The beads are cut and then dyed. The different colors have different smells. Moth ball, peppermint and Pepto Bismo are common odors. This red coral had a strong peppermint odor. Plus the colors are different than the colors of the carnelian red of the ones Jamey showed. These beads are about 20x30.

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