[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] Thoughts on the future of my trade

[John Donivan]

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>     who invented the idea of culturing pearls by attaching tiny lead
>     Buddhas, as well as mother-of-pearl half spheres, to the inside of
>     freshwater mussels. The amazing thing is that they did this six
>     centuries before Mikimoto! And I remember reading (in GIA and
>     JCK)" 

    You see, you read Orchid, you learn something.. It's kind of like how
    many people think Henry Ford actually invented the automobile, even
    though it was around for 40 years or something before he started
    production... 

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