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Wire and crimp beads, because the rough edges of the drill hole can cut through thread. I've never had the wire break, not even the very fine Soft Touch wire.

I recommend you ask Mikimoto.

Hi and welcome to Pearl Guide! You have a strand of baroque cultured akoya pearls. You can see that there is a round bead nucleus, but there is also nacre extending beyond that. In some baroque akoyas these extensions of nacre are very thin and can break off; that does not appear to be the case...

@Jeremy, The giant clam shells you saw for sale in stores, was that in the USA? I remember seeing one at the Smithsonian Natural History museum when I was 10 years old, but never anywhere else. I recall being amazed at its size.

They appear to be dyed freshwater pearls.

You may also prefer how larger pearls look on you. Sometimes it's a matter of proportion.

Are they returnable?

Are you asking if they are Tahitians? Because if so, I say yes. I'm not crazy about bead cups around pearls, personally.

Akoyas, yes, but maybe a decade or two older -- 1980s perhaps?--as cream colored pearls were more popular in the past. The kinking is probably due to the silk having been tightly knotted. Silk eventually relaxes if the necklace is worn. To speed this up you could suspend the necklace from a...

Sorry I was looking at the 2 photos in the lower part of the photo, which I think were just your pearls.

Those also look like low quality akoyas!

I tend to agree. I am not a member of social media and don't watch the videos of influencers.

Yes, they are dyed freshwater pearls.

They look like low quality cultured akoyas to me.

I didn't know that either!

Source of the story: https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/story-behind-fish-pearl/

London Pearl Company.

My daughter's have also been stored away from light and worn rarely.

The OP's survey is specifically for folks in the UK (she messaged me and posted on Pricescope).

But are any of them dyed, and could colors therefore fade? My daughter has an Edison pendant and matching studs obtained from trustworthy sources about 6 years ago that were originally a deep lavender, which have faded a great deal. I believe this indicates they were dyed.