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The pearls are small, Chinese freshwater pearls. I don't recognize the mark on the clasp, but it's probably not relevant.

We have been getting so many requests from men recently we're now looking at putting together a line. I've been wearing a bracelet and strand for a couple of months now to test out different threads and clasps. I put a strand on our videographer as well. So far we've found that men need heftier...

We would really need photos with the macro setting on your camera. I can't make much out from these photos.

Looks great!!!

This is not a pearl. It's not legit. It's a piece of shell. Read this - https://www.pearl-guide.com/threads/psa-fake-giant-clam-pearls-tridacna-gigas.462343/

Sorry to hear about the COVID, CatMom :( and glad to hear you're on your way back! @jeg I love the way you paired all these together!

Good eye! I was wondering if anyone would notice! :) It is a double strand of natural conch pearls with diamond beads. The bottom two rows in this image.

I believe it is Indonesia.

Yeah, it didn't have much discernible flame. If it did, it would probably be an 8-figure pearl!

It appears to be a nice strand of Chinese freshwater pearls

The buyers are too afraid. So many have been locked up over the past couple of years. One was just arrested a couple of weeks ago. When they pay a 50%+ duty to import pearls into China, they are very used to carrying them over the border. Customs has been really cracking down in China. Here are...

I came across this beauty in Hong Kong - a seven-figure pearl! It's a melo melo that measures over 33 mm and weighs 276 carats. No, I didn't take it home :giggle:

Do you see any chipping or cracking around the drill holes? A strand that old, if cultured, should have a visible bead somewhere within the strand. Is there a hole in the center of the pearl on the inner strand, #19/#27 depending on which way you count? The size, shape and nacre does not look...

We've only used freshadama for tissue-nucleated pearls. The shape and luster of these new beaded pearls is really something. I saw a lot of them at the show, but we didn't buy any of them. We went out to dinner with a close friend and had quite a long discussion about them. Our friend is the...

Yes!

Agreed. It shouldn't be knotted past the first few pearls. It will look much better this way, be a bit shorter, and wear the way it was originally intended.

We are getting ready to leave for Hong Kong and I just stumbled across this Gem in my photos :) It was a Pearl-Guide Ruckus of sorts!

All three appear to be akoya strands. In the first photo, the luster is better on the right strand. You can see this by the crispness of the reflection when you zoom in - snippet attached. The third photo shows another strand of akoya that look to be a bit older (your moms?). The pearls have...

They don't look like pearls. Share a photo, or a few photos, of the entire piece and we can be definitive.

Very cool ring!!!