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Did you get this out of an oyster? If not, it's a rock. Did you pick this up from the ground? If yes, it's a rock. Is bigger than your pinky fingernail? If yes, it's a rock.

Great video! I loved my trip back in June, 2025. I'll be giving a talk about my trip at Pearls By The Bay in May, 2026.

Acp-pearls: WOWZA, those Kasumi studs are amazing. Wear them well and often!!! I was surprised to discover at a RUCKUS that turquoise set in gold looks amazing with white or blue pearls. I can't remember who was wearing ropes of turquoise, gold and pearls, but I remember thinking, WOWZA...

The diamonds look like rhinestones to me, and the setting looks like base metal. But please, do take them to a jeweler and get them checked. I think we'd ALL like to know if we're guessing right or wrong, and what they really are.

I agree with PearlDreams. That's the photo that convinced me they were fake. The color, luster, surface texture, drill holes, all point to imitation pearls. Give them a good cleaning and wear them for sentimental reasons. Most women of that era wore imitation pearls. Jackie Kennedy...

I cannot feel the difference, but I don't have much feeling in my fingertips, so that might be why. You have to have just the right amount of pressure. A person doing it for the first time doesn't have the experience to understand how much or little pressure, and what real pearls feel like...

Both akoya necklaces are the same length. I normally like my pearl necklaces to nest inside each other, but I kinda like this crisscross look. 9mm baroque akoya pearls from Pearl Paradise. 6mm Blue Lagoon akoya pearls (Mikimoto's less quality brand, which is still high quality) from my Aunt...

The rub two pearls together test, and the rub pearls on your teeth test, NEVER work for me, and I've handled lots of real and fake pearls. I can tell better by looking at the pearls themselves and also how they were strung. These look like imitations to me. The surface color and texture look...

Most independent jewelers will clean jewelry for free, because you'll browse the store while you wait.

I agree that we need better photos. But they look like imitations to me. My grandmother's era (born 1902) wore their imitation pearls with pride. I have my grandmother's imitation pearls and they look similar in color and texture.

J Lee, love it!

Visiting Dad today. Blue baroque akoya pearl ring from Takahashi Pearl in Japan. Tahitian pearl ring from Kamoka pearl farm. Blue baroque akoya pearl choker from Pearl Paradise. Long tin cup of white and golden South Sea pearls with blue baroque akoya keshi and freshwater pearls from Kojima...

It's a rock.

I love those SoC pieces!!!!

Thanks A Breaker. My attempt at braiding with glass beads turned out well in class. But my work is never going to look like my teacher's so I bought her work. Today I'm wearing 2 necklaces that shouldn't work together. Mom's 9 mm akoya 16" choker, and my 9 mm white baroque akoya 17" choker...