TESTING FOR BAKELITE; SOME Thermo Plastic Bakelite tests easily / Some does not, but they are still what we consider Bakelite today.The MOST conclusive test of what WE call Bakelite TODAY is to Cut it with a...
There is an Ebay member selling fake Brighton Breast cancer bracelets. All Brighton bracelets close with a toggle, and have a tiny heart stamped with a scripted 'B' dangling near the closure. They do not make...
Flatback rhinestones are what you will find on most embellished clothing and accessories. Rhinestones are made of glass. For more light reflection or sparkle lead is added to create lead crystal. The amount of...
INTRODUCTION When I first started on eBay, around seven years ago, there were only a few people selling beads. An occasional listing of an antique bead, and around 1,800 total listings for lampwork beads,...
This is written for buyers who may not have much experience in purchasing glass beads on the internet, particularly on eBay. Of the thousands of beads listed this will help you to distinguish quality beads in...
I'd like to thank Ebay (finally) for stopping the misrepresentation of the 'Brighton' good name. There have been numerous sellers, marketing their Brighton 'look-alikes', as 'Diane Brighton', 'Lydia...
Jewelry shoppers are only interested in the lustrous inner layer (called the nacre or mother-of-pearl layer) of a mollusk’s shell. Mollusks such as mussels, clams and oysters have soft inner bodies and hard...
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As an educated Astrologer with certificate from the Faculty of Astrological studies in London and a member of the API. in Swiss. Astrology is an art that is a base of all the other predictive arts...