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    x ray of "older pearls"

    interesting comment on the nacre thickness being close to tahitian. (i have no idea what that means except for thicker nacre is it's a good thing) thank you everyone for the feedback. much appreciated! i'll let you know when i go to dentist again :)
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    x ray of "older pearls"

    thanks gem geek, my comments in red above. neither of these are for sale per se... although everyone has a number hah. i'd like to get a gia appraisal, but don't want to ship pearls anywhere. i suppose i can find someone in my area to appraise them however. and yes i will start to wear them...
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    x ray of "older pearls"

    color seems to have changed a bit on upload..if you can pull image off and look in photoshop or other image editing program, you will see they're not as pink/taupey (esp on the ebay pearls). must have been compressed as well bc images were larger than this. oh well, hope you can get the gist.
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    x ray of "older pearls"

    rain has stopped but overcast. here are pics on brawy white paper towel. first group is the Xrayed pearls. clasp stamped 585 (14k UK).. then a choker double strand from ebay (has the white gold clasp). thank you again for looking!
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    x ray of "older pearls"

    ok i'll take pics of the 2 akoya strands... might have to wait a day, it's currently raining and rather dark. thank you!
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    x ray of "older pearls"

    thanks jeremy! care to guess the value (i have no idea)? they are opera length, about 36 inches, all in excellent condition. i have another strand from ebay, that were advertised as akoya. choker length double strand. clasp is 14k white gold w 3 small diamonds (looks 1920ish bc there's a little...
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    x ray of "older pearls"

    hi everyone! i'm guessing these are salt water cultured. they were a gift from my dad. clasp is 14k, looks kind of 40s or 50s. pearls restrung in the late 80s, then given to me mid 90s after dad passed. here's xray from my cool dentist.
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