[Sca-cooks] Re: dissolved pearls

[Betsy Marshall]

Hmm. The Story I heard was she had a bet on over who could provide the
most expensive meal. The 10M secester pearl put her meal over the top.
On a side note- one aspect of pearl valuation is their Luster-i.e. shiny
smoothness, and the etching caused by even a weak acid would likely
greatly reduce that feature.(just guessing here...) Betsy

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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: dissolved pearls

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I've heard it yes, I've heard it no, I've heard it takes coke! :-))

Thanks for clearing it up. :-)

Esther

PS Of course, she could have had the pearl powdered, then
"reconstituted"
into a pearl, and dissolved that! She had her divinity on the line with
the
acid thing. ;-) I'm sure there would be some fairly white or clear
sticky
substance that could have been rolled into a "pearl" and then
"dissolved".
I have absolutely NO proof, documentation, etc., but it's kind of neat
to
contemplate. Sort of like oyster shooters today.