"DOPED" PEARLS.
VALUE INCREASED FROM £2800 TO £10,000. A special meeting of the Paris Chamber of Dealers in Diamonds and Precious Stones was called for October 2T, when an inquiry was opened with regard to the alleged introduction of "falsified" or "doped" pearls on the Paris market. The chamber was induced to take action in the matter owing to one such pearl being offered for sale by M. Altsebueler, a leading jeweller, for the sum of £10,000. This gem, which M. Altsebueler states he purchased for £2SOO, was, he declares, transformed by means of an electrical process of which M. Warms, an Indian scientist, holds the secret, into a pearl of such marvellous lustre that Its value had been increased to £10.000.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 303, 20 December 1913, Page 17
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122"DOPED" PEARLS. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 303, 20 December 1913, Page 17
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