[Jewelry making - Article 00239] - [Orchid] Removing spots from Ostrich shell beads

[Len and Judy Bjorkman]

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    Over a year ago, I bought some "beads" that are rounded slices of
    ostrich shell. As usual, I did not get around to using them right
    away, and now several of them have some little black spots on them. I
    tried tumble-polishing them for a few hours in my Cerambits and they
    got shinier on the outer shell side, but it didn't remove the spots.
    Does anyone know how to get rid of the spots, or are they just
    "natural"? 

Thanks in advance!
Judy Bjorkman

 
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