[Jewelry making - Article 00034] - Re: [Orchid] Cleaning pearls after house fire

[John Donivan]

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    There is one and only one way to fix pearls, and that is to peel
    them. I didn't see the original of this, but "pearls ----- fire" is
    enough. If you want pearl beads, you can simply polish them, but they
    won't be pearls. Pearls have an (almost) indefinable quality called
    lustre (ok - luster) that is not he same as "Polish" or "Shine", and
    once it is gone it's irretrievable. However, one can peel pearls -
    best left to the pros, taking off the outer layer and exposing the
    next. I'm afraid that burnt pearls are burnt pearls........ 

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