Help Identify & Possible Value if any?! THX

[LauraJewelsMary]

I have some random pearls that I have collected from varies estate lots I have gotten but I don't know much about pearls!! These real ones look very Unique and are gritty like pearls?! I was told they were pearls just don't know what kind! THX for any info

 

[LauraJewelsMary]

Figured it would be easier for people to comment on each kind if I did them separate.

 

[LauraJewelsMary]

These ones have crazy colors! Amazing!

 

[LauraJewelsMary]

These are similar, some are slightly darker than others tho! They are very round compared to most pearls I have!

 

[CortezPearls]

These ones have crazy colors! Amazing! View attachment 470032

These kind of look like "Fireball" pearls to me...seem like freshwater pearls.

 

[CortezPearls]

These are similar, some are slightly darker than others tho! They are very round compared to most pearls I have!

These look like dyed pearls to me. I can't really see well...a lighter background would be helpful.

 

[SteveM]

Huge image sizes, not very viewer friendly, I only managed to briefly look at a couple in each set. Quick impression: I doubt mollusc origin on the first two, probably the fourth as well, although they may well be organic, and gritty. I'm recalling some shady contacts in Indonesia years ago while exploring non-molluscan 'pearls'.

'Crazy colors' would be FW, agree with Douglas.

More detailed background on the location and nature of these estates and the source of your advice would be helpful.

 

[CortezPearls]

Figured it would be easier for people to comment on each kind if I did them separate.

I see 2 MOP beads and what seems to be one pearl.

 

[CortezPearls]

I have some random pearls that I have collected from varies estate lots I have gotten but I don't know much about pearls!! These real ones look very Unique and are gritty like pearls?! I was told they were pearls just don't know what kind! THX for any info

Some kind of beads...not even sure if they are mother-of-pearl...could be a stone or even synthetic.

 

[BWeaves]

The red ones and white ones don't look like pearls at all. Maybe shell beads. No value to speak of. Pennies.

The long ones look like fireball pearls, but very low quality. Again, no value to speak of.

 

[pattye]

Hi LauraJewelsMary,
Took a look at your photos, my thoughts ~
Red are stone beads of some sort, possibly dyed quartz, like an agate. No real value
3 roundish white beads, possibly mother of pearl cut from shell
3 long beads, the back side shows the bead nucleus, these are freshwater mabe cut from the shell, natural color. very small value, very plentiful in natural white and dyed colors 20 years ago. (at that time about $20 per strand)
brown pearls, dyed freshwater, very little value.
Hopefully you didn't spend much $ on these. You might consider taking the popular CPAA Pearlsasone course and learn about all kinds of pearls!
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[SteveM]

Red are stone beads of some sort, possibly dyed quartz, like an agate. No real value
3 roundish white beads, possibly mother of pearl cut from shell

Just to flesh out my comment regarding recollection of non-molluscan concretions ("Pearls") from earlier adventures here, the agate appearance would coincide with wood grains as presented in tree "pearls", and the white beads have a distinct organic component, lacking clear shell growth rings, suggesting the even more mysterious and legendary coconut "pearl."

i am not saying in the slightest that I think that is what these are (although if the "estates" in question are Indo-Pacific that would set off the alarms), only that they reminded me of a serious deviation here at Pearl-Guide over 15 years ago. For those interested enough, search 'Nagasari'.

Even more interestingly, on a recent visit to Bali we asked our forest guide about Nagasari trees, and he had not heard of them.

But they do exist.

 

[LauraJewelsMary]

Just to flesh out my comment regarding recollection of non-molluscan concretions ("Pearls") from earlier adventures here, the agate appearance would coincide with wood grains as presented in tree "pearls", and the white beads have a distinct organic component, lacking clear shell growth rings, suggesting the even more mysterious and legendary coconut "pearl."

i am not saying in the slightest that I think that is what these are (although if the "estates" in question are Indo-Pacific that would set off the alarms), only that they reminded me of a serious deviation here at Pearl-Guide over 15 years ago. For those interested enough, search 'Nagasari'.

Even more interestingly, on a recent visit to Bali we asked our forest guide about Nagasari trees, and he had not heard of them.

But they do exist.

Hey! I really no clue, I have been collecting random old beads and stones from various lots for a couple years. anything I thought looked cool! haha Also I'm not sure if these are the same or not but they do look a little different. There is 1 that I did by itself cause it had slightly different. color and look than the others. I do have a few more in smaller size too!

 

[KarinK]

Those are not pearls. They are stone beads, might be agate (I have forgotten most of what I knew about beads). You can check the look of beads on websites like https://www.firemountaingems.com/. You can check the look of pearls on websites like https://www.pearlparadise.com/

 

[BWeaves]

These are not pearls. They don't look anything like pearls. They're stone beads. You might want to take the Pearls As One course. https://pearlsasone.org/

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Stone, possibly agate.
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