What kind of pearls are these? What are they worth?

[jhills808]

These were a gift, they are small pink pearls, I know they are pearls because I rubbed them together and the powder shows, plus they are each different size and color. please help me value them as I have no knowledge of pearls. thank you

 

[Caitlin]

Those are cultured freshwater pearls from China. though not very valuable, they certainly are pretty!

 

[lisa c]

I'm truly bothered that people think rubbing real pearls together should produce a powder. It Shouldnt produce a powder!

 

[GemGeek]

It certainly can produce powder, especially if they had a lot of treatment. Cute little pearls!

 

[lisa c]

'Splain it to me, please? None of my CFW pearls shed powder when rubbed together. Neither do the pearls in my Akoya necklace.

???

Presumably, since these were a gift, all processing 'dust' would've been cleaned up, so....please, what am I missing? Are you saying maybe, over-processing has made the nacre more fragile? Will her pearls always shed dust, or will they eventually get to an undamaged layer?