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What a lovely prize!! I'm sure you're enjoying them and well deserved! I am thinking about doing the GIA Pearl Course as well. Any words of wisdom or lessons learned you'd be willing to share?

Thanks all!! I was certainly doubtful as well, but not an expert by a long short on exotics. And given that each bead is different both in form and size it doesn't given the illusion of a manufactured bead. In fact when you see the full strand, they look like mishappened pearls, although...

I thought I knew what a pearl looked like before I encountered this strand. Sorta Kasumi, sorta reborn keshi, or maybe not a pearl at all?? Strand contains 37 beads, on silk, no knots, and what looks like a highly tarnished silver rectangular antique box clasp. But the twisted shape of each...

Thanks for the assistance everyone!! Since this was an antique market purchase I was skeptical from the start that it was real from the tooth test, and almost put it back, but the price was low, so it was one of those "What the heck" purchases. I'll treat it as a fun and funky look for casual...

More questions and info More questions and info Thanks everyone for your responses. In the spirit of learning what you saw that I did not, and to satisfy my analysis gene can you please tell me what the clues were that these were not real? I am still trying to figure out as well what they...

Hey all: Enjoying my new membership to Pearl-Guide, you're a terrific resource!! Thought I'd take advantage and seek some help with this strand that has me a little baffled. First, this is not your typical baroque strand of irregular pearls, rather its a fairly well matched set of barrel...