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Thanks for your input guys. It was for a customer who had bought SS earrings from the shop I work at and then pulled these strands out of her bag for us to look at and give an opinion on. She brought them in because she doubted that the strand was SS. I could not tell the difference. They...

Hi a customer came in to a shop that I work in the other day with two strands that her husband had bought when he was overseas. One was supposed to be akoya and the other was South Sea. You really could not tell them apart - same size, nearly same colour, lustre etc etc. The man had paid...

Thanks for your input guys. It is really appreciated. I will try and get some pics done and post them here

I understand that pearl farmers tumble their pearls or buff them. I would like to know that technique

Hi All, I have a friend who has a selection of pearls he collected in New Guinea a little over 30 years ago. He is not sure from what oysters he got them just that he found them in oysters he collected for food. Four in particular are a spectacular pale blue colour baroque in shape and would...

Hi All I have just found this pearl forum and think it is great. I am interested in abalone mable pearls from New Zealand and was looking to buy one until I was told that the nacre had a minimum thickness of 0.15 mm. That seemed way too thin even for a minimum thickness. Could the pearl...