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Very true. The value of any of them doesn't really matter to me at all. But I do hate a mystery and now wish that I asked her about them. LOL

I really do think the pearls are from the 60s at the latest. She really loved them so I'd be really surprised if they are imitation. The clasp is definitely solid gold too. They've been put away for a long time so I'll also look up how to clean them and see if that changes their appearance...

I don't know for sure, but I think she must have gotten them in the late 1960s. This is also speculation, but my dad was in Vietnam then and my mom met him in Hawaii for R&R before he came home - so maybe they could be from one of those places. I was looking in the bag of loose pearls and...

Thanks for your reply. I did the tooth test and they does feel a bit gritty. There are two 20" strands with 58 pearls each and two 24.5" strands - one with 65 pearls the other with 71. I can't find a ruler at the moment -I'm sorry. Each clasp is stamped "14K". The pearls appear round-ish...

Can anyone please help me identify these pearls? Also, how do I measure to determine the pearl size? I inherited these strung pearls from my mom along with a baggie of some loose drilled pearls. I'd like to set the loose pearls in jewelry for my daughters and niece if I can find a jeweler who...