public static Item ParseItem(string itemText) {
var item = new Item();
// items are split by a series of dashes (--------)
var itemParts = itemText.Split(SplitString, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
// some preliminary scans to try to detect the item type
item.Type = ItemTypeHelper.GetType(itemParts[0]);
item.Identified = !itemText.Contains("Unidentified");
item.ParseMainProperties(itemParts[0]); // every item has these
item.ParseSecondaryProperties(itemParts[1]);
return item;
}