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Very nice guess. They are diamonds :)

The clear stones tested positive as diamonds! The instructions said corundum would slowly climb the tester and give a faint beep but I got nothing on the blue stone so it could be spinel. I was hoping to examine the clasp in sunlight but gray and rainy has been our weather since March here in PA.

Yes and so is the pearl, like rings of Saturn, joined at top middle

The cream 40 was perfect in color and thickness. I have a friend with a diamond tester I am hoping to use it on the clasp. If they are diamonds there is a better chance it is gold not gold filled.

Probably not my best idea since I walked out of work to the 12volt in my hybrid half dead in a downpour and AAA 15 minutes wait being much longer but I cleaned and restrung this strand. Pics tomorrow, not in the mood tonight. Things I noticed while working on it: It was strung with both...

The seller said “onyx, sparkly clear stones and gold filled clasp”. The stone is blue so sapphire (real or created) or spinel and the clear are rose cut diamonds I think. Clasp is silver topped gold or gold fill. It’s not stamped so I don’t know for sure.

They are here and lovely although in need of a clean and restring. The clasp has the bluest stone. Someone suggested spinel which I have never seen. At work so more pics later

Stuff arrived! This is a river pearl with a gold cap. It glows in person like a fairy wing Next I opened the suspected Mississippi River pearl strand. Bigger pearls than expected and the clasp to die for Finally I opened this antique pearl drop pendant. Seller said it’s natural but...

The only back I have with me now is blurred. It is all closed back

I have 3 pearly purchases on their way to my work and a fourth going to my house today

I wanted to mention that while the pearl looks smooth in these pics it has texture for lack of a better term when touched.

I don’t know what pastes are made of, when I was little and first heard the term in a book I thought they were made out of glue lol

I wear it on a black velvet choker about 1/4” wide.

Silver. They made pieces so beautifully back then

Bought this a couple years ago from a UK seller. Given my recent pearl buying problem with the UK it made me grateful this arrived. It’s a favorite of mine. All silver with clear pastes, the seller said the pearl was natural. It is grayish and has pink and purple flashes in the sun. Tried to...

I should get these on Monday. Can’t wait to see them

They should have to destroy them but I tend to think the good stuff walks out the door with people

No new pearl arrivals but I used some of the cream BS thread meant for my coming Mississippi strand to refresh a strand I got a month ago at the start of my pearl collecting rebirth. These were a less than happy ebay buy that looked online like a lovely strand of old akoyas with pink and blue...

This strand came from a site in New Zealand I found by a lucky Google search. The others I am waiting on came from Etsy and EBay. I wound up with two unexpected days off last week and got bored lol

No new pearls in yesterday’s mail but my new stringing supplies arrived and I repurposed two untreated baroque akoya strands into a rope.