# Does Anyone know what this is?

**URL:** <https://www.elitefourum.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-is/55758>\
**Category:** Question\
**Tags:** damage, psa\
**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-is/55758 "2025-05-01T19:06:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DukeDalton](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dukedalton/32/107306_2.png) [@DukeDalton](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DukeDalton)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-is/55758/1 "2025-05-01T19:06:56Z")

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Is this mold or a wax stain? I just bought this Blastoise and am trying to figure out what these specks are.

 ![PXL_20250501_172835389.MP](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/5/8591797b2be5113105f22c05edcdd5114190c372.jpeg)  
 ![PXL_20250501_172728666.MP](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/d/6d2ac5c53f2dcfb527aeb60500f13e8865ef1ae5.jpeg)  
 ![PXL_20250501_172720289.MP](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/f/3/f3f99198a83355231c485a752517ee65511275a7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mrbigchip](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/mrbigchip/32/29508_2.png) [@mrbigchip](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/mrbigchip)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-is/55758/2 "2025-05-01T19:09:26Z")

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This could honestly be so many different things. The grader was having a good day giving this a 9 though.

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**Author:** ![DukeDalton](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dukedalton/32/107306_2.png) [@DukeDalton](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/DukeDalton)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-is/55758/3 "2025-05-01T19:37:29Z")

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Yes, I thought so too. I bought graded, didn’t get graded myself so I was a bit disappointed to see more than one flaw.

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**Author:** ![Dyl](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/dyl/32/234623_2.png) [@Dyl](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Dyl)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-this-is/55758/4 "2025-05-02T04:53:06Z")

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You could take a loupe light to see if it’s ink versus grime. Most mold spores growing in cases are white in color.