Natural Pearls from Venezuela, a unique collection

[Tucs]

Amazing! Please keep us posted.

 

[MSC]

Update here: http://www.karipearls.com/KariPearls_Newsletter-historic-venezuela-pearl-hoard.html

It appears a few of the pearls are up for sale on Kari's sight. Oh, to be able to afford one!

 

[hbyrne]

Thanks for the link Andrea. Goodness, they are special......what an amazing provenance too.

 

[Peter1963]

 

[Peter1963]

Above are some sample images of natural saltwater pearls certified by the GIA and radio carbon tested by the University of Arizona.

 

[Peter1963]

After eleven natural saltwater pearls were sent to the GIA, they published this article in the magazine GEMS & GEMOLOGY in October 2017.

https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/fall-2017-saltwater-pearls-columbian-era

 

[Peter1963]

As requested, attached is the Carbon Dating results from the University of Arizona. The letter states that the pearls are from between 1455 AD and 1615 AD.

 

[jshepherd]

This is very cool!