I just came back from mum's. I took more photos outside, in the morning light.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls044.jpg
There are five much lighter coloured pearls extending from the clasp.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls020.jpg
They are almost white in comparison to the pink.
The last one of these five 'light' ones and, the first pink, after it, both seem 'faulty'.
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls046.jpg
Here's the last 'light' one:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls033.jpg
and here's the pink one:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls045.jpg
Here's another pink one with tiny black spots:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls028.jpg
and another pink one:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls029.jpg
I have used the macro digital zoom, on my camera.
My personal observation:
the 'faulty' white/light one looks as if it has split open and this white hard material (also shiny) has splurted out.
the 'faulty' pink one looks as if it didn't close smoothly on one side. There's an opening there but the outer layer
has folded over it - similar to a skin healing after a wound
I held both this pink necklace and the other white necklace (no images yet) and noticed the difference in weight and hardness
This pink is definitely heavier, the pearls are harder and shinier.
My mother's comments:
It was bought as a 'natural'. It was dad's gift when mum gave birth to me. Dad could afford it. The necklace broke at some stage. It was re-strung here in Australia. Mum has always supected that the two rings around the clasp were changed by the jeweller. She distinctly remembers them being gold, also:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...kPearls022.jpg
The necklace was re-strung approx five years. It is safely kept away from other jewellery and she has looked after it always taking care to wear it last after she applied her make-up and, hairspray.
I'm sorry for such a scroller. It's difficult when one's mother insists that all be told.
