SC - semi-precious stones and pearls

[KallipygosRed@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/00 1:28:32 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
piglet006 at globalfreeway.com.au writes:

> I have a nasty feeling that it was a lead powder (arsenic was, I think, used
>  in Victorian times for the same purpose).
>  
>  Gwynydd

Yes, that was one of the comparisons, in the article, that it was either more 
expensive to do (with pearls) or more deadly (with the lead). That's why it 
rings a bell for me...

Lars