shell pearl
Italian translation: perla di vasca/perla di imitazione
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peer agreement (net): +2perla di vasca/perla di imitazione Explanation: http://www.glossari.it/glossarioperle.html: Perla di vasca - Perla di imitazione. Le "perle di vasca" (nome decisamente improprio) sono sferette di madreperla immerse in vernici a base di sostanze plastiche, miscelate a carbonato di piombo, mica, ossido di titanio, quindi ricoperte da pellicole iridescenti di nylon. Sono commercializzate spesso con altri nomi impropri di fantasia (Angelo, Sheba, Mikomo, Takara, Kobe, Nikko, Sumo, Fijii, Aloha) o, peggio, perle di coltura migliorate. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2008-08-14 07:14:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/zoogems/pearls.html: Shell pearls - This name is sometimes given to simulants that consist of spheroidal shell cores that have been given pearl-like appearances as the result of dipping, painting or spraying them with some pearl-appearing material. - [The coating of most of these simulants is relatively thin and tends to peal off rather |
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