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Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems | | Italian term or phrase: catena a canna vuota | From a description of a company in the goldworking industry:
...la produzione prevedeva la realizzazione di articoli in oro quali catene a canna vuota...
I can visualize this kind of chain, but I do not know the correct term for it. Thank you for any suggestions! |
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  Juliette Scott
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:52
| Grading comment Thank you emy and Juliette! I went with hollow tube chain.
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2 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 mouse tail chain
Explanation:
I only try to help! I have found this reference on the web:
11 mag 2008 ... catenine a canna vuota che imitano in maniera perfetta i bracciali in oro massiccio (possono esser definiti *catene a coda di topo*). ...
cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI. dll?ViewItem&item=130220057421 - 98k -
So I searched mouse tail chains and I found a lot. For example:
Omega Chains in 9 Carat Gold Omega chain is sometimes called a "wire" chain looks very smooth rather like a mouse's tail. ...
www.9carat.co.uk/chainomega.html - 4k
So mouse tail is used!
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