Patriot Pearl Perjury?
This story starts with a certain Mrs. Nutter who, at no small expense, obtained a chain of so called "Patriot Pearls" from a national importer who had procured them as samples to test a proposed major importing contract. Having acquired them despite the cost as a point of British Pride, Mrs. Nutter proceeded to use them extensively, attending several important events in the belief that they were indeed precious stones. After some small amount of use, alas, the jewels, As Mrs. Nutter put it "Began to wear most unnaturally, and assumed a pallid surface." which greatly troubled her. Fearing the worst, the pearls in question were brought to a professional jeweller and examined. The results were most terrible, the so called "pearls" were mostly glass, with a dubious mix of unsavoury additives introduced to spoil the surface to appear pearl-like. The jeweller had the following to say "Anyone could be fooled at a glance, at first, it takes proper tools and methods to discern a fake when it is new. The easy tell is how quickly they wear, but by then it is usually too late to track down the responsible parties for compensation.". When we tracked down the importer(who wished to remain nameless) a representative said "Well they came from this tiny island in the middle of nowhere, We tested some of them and they seemed to be genuine, we took all the proper precautions. These wild fishing squats where they come from, well, it is easy for some of the unscrupulous locals to find something shiny and switch it with some of the real gems. The local suppliers are supposed to catch these things, to maintain their image, but, well, you can only expect so much from these people, they aren't even real citizens of The Empire.". So while many of these should, technically, be some sort of pearl, there is always the risk of ne'er-do-wells falsifying them. We urge our readers to demonstrate caution in their purchases.
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