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Joyce: Unfortunately most if not all coral beads that size would be
dyed black coral or possibly white, Traditionally Red coral comes
from the warm Mediterranean sea, Beads the size you describe would be
worth upwards of 25.00 per carat, and would have to be very old
indeed. Most of the coral that has been on the market in the past few
years has been dyed, especially the larger pieces such as you
describe I have bought several quite large carvings that unless one
is familiar with coral would not be noticed as dyed material, in the
mid 1970s Mediterranean red Coral, was available that had base
diameters in excess of 3/4 inch and then the branches would be nice
cutting also, I have seen a piece of Red Coral that has not been dyed
and the entire branch (Actually more like a giant redwood tree) is
over 24 inches tall and the base is over an inch in diameter, and
weights in at 3.5 LBs. With the currently harvested coral (good red
coral is now nearly extinct) the largest I have been able to get hold
of is 3/8ths inch or there about and sometimes as long as 3 inches of
which 60% is really useable and this material is between 1,100.00 and
1,600.00 per pound Nice huge dyed pieces (which do look very nice and
does have white and black spots in places) at .25 per gram or 120.00
a pound, should be several tons at Tucson
Kenneth Ferrell
www.shadras.com
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