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Elias, Can you provide more information regarding the provenance (location and seller, estimated age)? Where there is doubt lab certification is the only way of really knowing, but an educated guess is likely possible. Another picture with a closeup of the clasp might offer clues for the...

Good to know, changes the tone. Would it be worthwhile disclosing the original title here? If it was up long before changing I missed it.

This is a better home for this. Started with that center pearl on BWeaves' keshi necklace, which could not automatically be assumed to be beaded for reasons subsequently discussed.

IGS will update their article on cultured pearl byproducts to reflect the CIBJO definition of Keshis and the Gem Lab report on Keshi vs. Natural detection. Ironically, that may put them out in front of many in the pearl community. (Douglas, maybe it would be worth copying all of these posts re...

Talk about resurrecting a thread! The material used by the mollusk to coat the intrusion/injury is not nacre, thus it appears the gemological value is null. As for the blister itself, the mollusk pathologists here should be able to shed some light.

Here the poster is claiming he has shells and his thread title is "More Fake Tridacna", despite the pearl premise. What are we being subjected to? IMO the poster is pulling our collective leg, having come across the effective and prominent debunking that has taken place here over the years. No...

Replying to my own post here as I just received a notification from International Gem Society pointing to their latest article on Keshi and Soufflé Pearls. As you will read, it completely ignores the clarifications and updates on keshis we explored here, including that there is no way to tell...

Jeg, your pendant palooza inspires getting out and enjoying those deserving unmatched pieces hiding in our pearl cases. PBTB: What drama behind the scenes! I will add witnessing a natural Horse Conch pearl of good size nearly disappear between the deck planks. Fortunately, it had a flat side and...

What material for the cups would not add too much additional weight?

More than a tidbit, that's an Ancient Astronaut! (Glad it's counterclockwise.) This digression into unfortunate symbolism is encouraging if only as evidence that not everyone has forgotten 20th century history, although it sadly seems many have. Back to pearls!

Pomelo, you are going to get great advice here. I'm ahead of the clock in Europe at the moment so I'll just bust in and repeat my prior positive impressions regarding your taste and inquisitiveness. Those pearls should look great.

So appreciate all the pure joy of pearls here! Hitler and his enablers literally stole the swastika (clockwise) and its name, which symbolize the day and good fortune. Here at the Temple of Rambut Siwi in SW Bali we were shown the sauvastika (counter-clockwise), symbolizing the night and the...

I checked to see if this happened to be another free commercial endorsement and indeed there are firms with this name, at the top of the list technological and financial consultants. But this company also popped up. Nagasari "pearls" would be right up their alley!

How has KJL gotten away with using the word PEARL without quotes or qualifier? Cultura gets slipped in here and there, very clever. In another thread I resurrected Balinese "pearls" infused with black magic from the Nagasari tree. Note the quotes!

Just to flesh out my comment regarding recollection of non-molluscan concretions ("Pearls") from earlier adventures here, the agate appearance would coincide with wood grains as presented in tree "pearls", and the white beads have a distinct organic component, lacking clear shell growth rings...

That piece made my argument--couldn't resist!

But she did even better, recognizing the firm independently of its founders. You should send Katerina a thank-you note.

How can it not be intentional? In any case, Jeremy that was a brilliant choice of name! I have a beef with gold on gold that has come up in a couple other threads. To my eyes, "pairs" should be replaced by "disappears." Below looks like a coat hook I would nail in my closet. P.S. My avatar...

Huge image sizes, not very viewer friendly, I only managed to briefly look at a couple in each set. Quick impression: I doubt mollusc origin on the first two, probably the fourth as well, although they may well be organic, and gritty. I'm recalling some shady contacts in Indonesia years ago...