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Are these magnificent pearls from Robert Wan or another farmer on Gambier Islands?

Nice candies you have! Love your collection Ivona.

Absolutely! There were no cultured pearls at that time.

You don't have to smash pearls. There are any number of non-destructive tests such as Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) or Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) to mention only two. Yes the tests are expensive and only a few places do them.

Thank you Lisa. Those 333 pearls are very special indeed.

Karin, clasps are often replaced in the life time of a necklace, so you really can't tell the value and nature of the pearls by the clasp. On the natural strand I showed, the clasp is also modern.

I'm not sure of course, but those look very close to the natural pearls from the Persian Gulf, I showed here some time ago. Taking into consideration that Paula's grand-mother traveled a lot to the east, those could be natural as well. Attached two photos of my friend's natural pearls:

I second that!

Thanks Josh and Pearl Dreams! Douglas, knew you could come up with a story. Waiting!

Lisa, we enjoyed the reactions as much as the writing. Thank you again!

To Amanda and Wendy, to Dave and Winterson, to Adeline, Rusty and Bronwyn, Ramona and Marianne, Ash and Blair, thanks for all the kind words. To Lisa, the same and for thinking about how to help with marketing Alex, right on about the stock photos of ping-pong balls. Pattye, this was a joint...

Dead Sea Pearls into Retail Markets (Sodom, Israel) In a surprising move expected to revolutionize the fine gems market, Pearls of the Dead Sea (PODS) has announced a massive campaign to bring the rare and elusive Dead Sea Pearl into retail markets via the Internet. Dead Sea Pearl Reef...

I've beem tracking these posts. Very entertaining! Thank you all.

Beautiful house, interesting history. Thank you Amanda for sharing.

I'm with you Amanda, "less is more". And also might be too heavy for a single earlob.

Cathy, That is an amazing bracelet with the most amazing colors!

Thanks Adeline, it worked :)

Sheryl, here she is! Sarah with her very creative 100"

WOW! White Tahitian South Sea Pearls 15.5 - 19 mm for 199.99 USD ........ that's a bargain ;)

Tha auction house has shown a remarkable level of responsibility. They have already changed the description in their online catalog from "Bahraini pearls" to " High quality pearls" and they will make the same change on a correction sheet in their printed catalog. They even emailed me to thank...