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04-23-2009, 10:40 AM,
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I agree Jose, I have seen such shells offered as 'Gem' even when the lip filing is obvious. I too have a kieneri but mine is gem, no lip smoothing necessary. Likewise my junonia but I have always found perfect specimens of that are easy to get....at a price!
The worst examples I think are the Strombs, I have seen Strombus gigas with hardly any lip where it has been so filed down to smooth it. Others are goliath and latissimus, anything with a broad, flaring lip that has a few chips gets smoothed. Personally I would rather have an example with some lip chips than a filed one, same with the cones. I have a huge S. goliath with a chipped lip and one with a filed lip, guess which I prefer? Dave |
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