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Those dull spots are how the pearl came out. You didn't do anything. You probably only just noticed it.

My gut feeling was natural American freshwater pearls, as well. I think you hit a jackpot. And a double strand, too! Please post again after they've been washed and restrung. I bet they'll be gorgeous.

Mismatched pearls. New earrings are golden and white baroque South Sea pearls with mismatched Tahitian pearl drops from OceanRhyme. Necklaces are all akoya pearls, but the bottom strand are baroque and very pinked and about 5 years old from Pearl Paradise. Top strand is 70 years old, and...

The rest of the country is freezing, but it was 85F yesterday and I had the windows open. It will be 36F tomorrow, though. Today it's little h time from Hisano at PP.

Chinese freshwater ripple pearls. It looks like a screw clasp to me, which is pretty secure. But without prongs around the stones, it looks like they are glued in rhinestones.

They look like dyed freshwater pearls to me, too. The colors aren't right for Tahitians, but they look similar to dyed pearls I bought at bead stores years ago.

I also have my grandmother's faux pearl necklace with a sterling silver clasp. She gave it to me when I was 11 because she knew I loved pearls. I still have it 56 years later, and I wear it occasionally. I'll pass it down to my niece or her daughter eventually. It's really not worth...

Merrily also got her OceanRhyme necklace while we were doing the Mini-RUCKUS, but she had to wait until she got home to receive her package and to send me photos. First up, Zoey modeling it. It has different types of colorful pearls with long, twisted, silver beads in between. It's double...

I don't know exactly. A friend gave them as a gift to my Aunt Love, who then sold them to me. Maybe 1980s or 1990s.

I agree, the pearls look like unbranded pearls.

Tiger PM'ed me and suggested we meet up, since we both live in Orlando. I'd totally forgotten that she lived in Orlando, too. I also invited my weaving friend Merrily (or Herrick1000) to a mini-Ruckus South East at my house. I have corrupted Merrily to the pearl side and she's halfway...

Blue Lagoon was Mikimoto's lesser quality pearls. I have a strand, and they are actually nicer than a lot of my pearls. Blue Lagoon has a specific clasp. Yours is a generic fishhook clasp. Your pearls are not Blue Lagoon or Mikimoto. Someone just reused the pouch. Here's my necklace...

Not much value. A few dollars only. Fun for costumes.

I buy retail. I'm not a vendor. If you are a vendor and want to buy wholesale, you need to go to the jewelry shows in Hong Kong, Japan, China, etc.

I have fake and inexpensive pearls with solid gold or sterling silver clasps. I have really good pearls (Hanadama, Tahitians) with CZs or vermeil or plated clasps. You can't always judge the pearls by the clasp.