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Thanks for the info, Jeremy. While I haven't had any yet that weren't perfectly round, I have had some pinkish and peachy colors that surprised me in "Akoyas." This is fascinating and sad at the same time. I'm just about over the Chinese trend of shortcutting and faking so many great things...

No but very similar--it was one of about 50 that I purchased from an importer, the likes of which probably supplies those kiosks...

I've studied pearls for several years and been through GIA's pearl program (limited as it was), but I don't recall learning much about black Akoya pearls. I saw another thread on this site in which a member said that all black Akoya pearls were dyed; however, I birthed (harvested) one directly...