can some one help me is it natural?

[Rameez]

hello
i need help regarding these pearls although i know its not easy to say it confidently by just looking at the pictures but still need your help

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[Rameez]

the weight of both pearls is 64 cts
31+33=64 carat

 

[pattye]

To me, the rounded bulbous part looks like it could have a bead inside, so in that case they would be cultured pearls, not naturals. What is the story about these pearls?

 

[Rameez]

the story is ... a client claiming its natural and he also claims that he got an offer of $75000
here we donot have labs where we can certify them so we have to consult each other and there is monopoly of few with little knowledge about pearls

 

[Rameez]

if its cultured then there should be bead inside which will be visible in x-ray?
sorry if i am illogical because i have no clue or idea so i hope you understand
thanks for your help

 

[Rameez]

the story is ... a client claiming its natural and he also claims that he got an offer of $75000
here we donot have labs where we can certify them so we have to consult each other and there is monopoly of few with little knowledge about pearls

 

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

Those are cultured pearls.

If your client was offered 75k, they're a fool for not accepting it. Even if they were natural (which they aren't) they would not be worth 75K.

 

[Rameez]

OK
thanks a lot for your co operation
may be he is lying
thank you sir

 

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

may be he is lying

We hear stories like this all the time. The difference being the outrageous (if not ridiculous) price offered for these. In cases like this, they often suggest they have family or lifelong friends that have been in the pearl business for decades and have impeccable reputations in identification. All nonsense.

These present with typical features of over-mature growth during the aquaculture processes. Rounded bodies with calcified distal shadows is common. They have patches of calcite that lowers the value further which allude to age, technique and species. Overall, the surface quality and symmetry are low to poor.

If your client was certain of their origin, they could have easily spent the $300 lab fee to certify these, making $75K a justifiable sale.

X-radiography will undoubtedly reveal a shell bead nucleus, but insist the seller pay for it. Likewise, you could probably candle these and find all of the characteristics of bisected growth fronts on the bead.

 

[pearlescence]

They look like those early experiments in freshwater bead nucleation to me. I have a few strands left which probably will be thrown out their worth and quality is so low. see photo

 

[Katbran]

Definitely look like bead nucleated pearls to me ... I've got a pile of them in front of me -if anyone wants to give me 75,000 I'll fly over and hand deliver them

 

[Marianne]

Ok Kat, you have me in stitches!

 

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

see photo

Perhaps Rameez's client might be interested. By their standard you've got close to $2M worth in just this one image. With a little dickering, you might settle at a cool million

 

[pearlescence]

Katbran...we should hire a corporate jet?