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Me too on another strand - also beaded/dyed freshwater. These are from China, not the Andaman Islands.

They appear to be imitation pearls, unfortunately.

This is a circled strand of freshwater pearls, which aren't tremendously valuable. There is a similar 64-inch strand on eBay for $295.

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@jeg that turtle clasp!!!!!!!! :love::love::love: @Pomelo I love the look of keshi pearl earrings. They can be so difficult to match, and your pair looks great together.

I agree with Douglas. Can you share a few more photos of them laid flat?

It's the best pearl book out there, IMO. It has become a bit outdated though. A lot has happened in the past 25 years since it was published. I did hear that Elisabeth Strack was considering an updated version, but I don't know for sure if that's going to happen.

Those don't look like Tahitians at first glance.

This is very cool!

Yes, it looks like a Tahitian

It just means the setting was made in China.

The cup setting is really unique!

Oh no! We didn't think you were serious since it wasn't shown yet :( :( :( Someone texted "It's Mine" as soon as she began showing it. I found out who it was afterward and they did get several strands yesterday, so I'll have them check to make sure. This was the strand Hisano was wearing -

Ugh :( I just Googled the first paragraph and found multiple sites, clearly all run by the same people. brandlrt.com Takoerv.com yeasdnera.com wivrrieacly.com pvtrakrsly.com materiafl.com camerllia.com xurtoloe.com ekorta.com I see the Brandlrt.com site supposedly has a physical store in Los...

Actual Chinese akoya or the mini-beaded freshwater?

Ugh. I haven't seen these before. The address is Fa Yuen Street in Mongkok. That's not an address, it's a street market close to Ladies Market and Goldfish. It's probably a great place for all sorts of knock-offs. They really did a poor copy job with these. Even research is spelled wrong.

I agree. These are imitation pearls.

When you reached out, the team didn't know what Hisano and I had found. They thought we were only bringing back some special blue baroques. But we did find pistachio too - and golds! They just arrived on Monday and we updated the event description :)

Edisons can have some red to them, but if they are regular Chinese freshwater pearls, they have been dyed. This necklace shows a mix of dyed colors None of these colors would grow naturally in freshwater.

I can't wait to see the finished piece!