valampuri look alike, looks fake

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Dear Aadiji,

 

Namaste!!! I agree!! It looks exactly like a Lightning Whelk shell

with bogus ridges in the conch cavity. Where is our Shank expert Sri

Chandrashekarji to guide us? Note: The person selling this possibly

bogus Valampuri also offers to sell a $25,000 ruby for $240, and also

sells synthetics. So It is most probably bogus to the core. I have a

real Valampuri and it is quite different, being a conch, and not a

whelk shell.

 

More comments welcome.

 

Best rgds,

Richard

 

sacred-objects, "aadi291" <aadi291> wrote:

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> it looks fake>>aadi

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> sacred-objects, "Richard Shaw-Brown II"

> <rsbj66> wrote:

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> > PICTURE: A perfectly formed Valampuri Lakshmi Shank? OR a Lightning

> > Whelk with bogus ridges??? Comments welcome.

> >

> > sacred-objects/ <---SVAGATAM!!!

> >

>

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cavity. These vertical ridges are called as 'Pilae'. Rarely, three and half,

four or even five such pilae are seen. In extremely rare specimens seven such

pilae are seen. Presence of these pilae is not only external, but is also a

part of the conch columella. These pilae appear on columella similar to

threading structure of a screw and can easily be seen in conch X-Ray. In

simple words, columella of Indian sacred conch (dextral or sinistral) shows

screw type structure with three threadings. In case of lightening whelk,

there is total absence of such pilae or vertical ridges in the conch cavtity.

The columella of Whelk is therefore plain in its structure and do not show the

presence of 'Screw Threading Structures' on its columella in X-Ray images. In

case of fake specimens made from whelk by pasteing such pilae or

ridges, columella appears plain if X-Ray is taken. Thanking you and with

personal regards, Chandrashekhar Phadke Chandrashekhar Phadke. Richard

Shaw-Brown II <rsbj66 > wrote: Dear Aadiji,Namaste!!! I agree!! It

looks exactly like a Lightning Whelk shellwith bogus ridges in the conch

cavity. Where is our Shank expert SriChandrashekarji to guide us? Note: The

person selling this possiblybogus Valampuri also offers to sell a $25,000 ruby

for $240, and alsosells synthetics. So It is most probably bogus to the core. I

have areal Valampuri and it is quite different, being a conch, and not awhelk

shell.More comments welcome.Best rgds,Richard--- In

sacred-objects,

"aadi291" <aadi291> wrote:>> it looks fake>>aadi> > > --- In

sacred-objects, "Richard Shaw-Brown II" > <rsbj66> wrote:>

>> > PICTURE: A perfectly formed Valampuri Lakshmi Shank? OR a Lightning> >

Whelk with bogus ridges??? Comments welcome.> > > >

sacred-objects/ <---SVAGATAM!!!> >>

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