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RG
at Mon Jan 10 07:57:33 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RG ]
visual difference.
I have a "Snow" that is from the Mega Line and he looks very similar to what Don has...white bands, not yellow.
This is my Snow (poss. Mega Opal):

I posted this picture a couple years ago and an "expert" Hondo guy told me that it will yellow with age. Well, the expert guy is now gone and my "snow" hasn't yellowed one bit!
I know some of you might say, Hey, I've seen Amels that have yellow bands and Amels that white bands...so by my example, white bands should be Hybinos.
That's why it's just a theory, which may only apply to Opals, but it's the only thing I've seen that has given me any visual markers or clues how to tell between a Snow/Pearl and an Opal.
Based on what Shannon has posted, Snows and Triple Homos (Pearls) don't appear to be any different (visually) at all.
This may hold true for all of them, but we are just starting to see definite Pearls and Opals in the hobby. The difference in colors and hues may be linked to the hypoerythristic gene and not the Hypo gene at all...who knows!?
Time will tell!
-Rusty
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- snows vs. pearls??? - bwatt, Sun Jan 9 04:11:16 2011
- RE: snows vs. pearls??? - DMong, Sun Jan 9 12:33:13 2011
- WRONG - Jeff Schofield, Sun Jan 9 14:16:48 2011

- RE: WRONG - SHANNON BROWN, Sun Jan 9 15:00:22 2011
- RE: WRONG - Jeff Schofield, Sun Jan 9 15:08:05 2011
- LMAO!!! - DMong, Sun Jan 9 15:26:56 2011
- RE: WRONG - bwatt, Sun Jan 9 15:28:03 2011
- RE: WRONG - tspuckler, Sun Jan 9 15:46:33 2011

- RE: WRONG - DMong, Sun Jan 9 15:55:17 2011
- RE: WRONG - Bigtattoo, Sun Jan 9 18:53:37 2011
- RE: WRONG - tspuckler, Sun Jan 9 19:04:25 2011

- RE: WRONG - DMong, Sun Jan 9 20:14:57 2011
- RE: WRONG - Bigtattoo, Mon Jan 10 04:25:31 2011
- Do you still have the Pearl? - RG, Mon Jan 10 08:09:15 2011

- RE: snows vs. pearls??? - Don Shores, Sun Jan 9 20:56:35 2011

- The correct term would be "Opal" since.. - rodneyj, Sun Jan 9 20:31:39 2011
- RE: snows vs. pearls??? - bwatt, Wed Jan 12 02:46:07 2011
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