| Hi Bethann,
My guess is that you are right. Oils and sweat can eat right through a pearl over time depending on your PH. The pearl that I wear never gets taken off and has not worn a bit but I have a cousin that wore the back of a pendant pearl flat in just over a year! Also, many Tahitian pearls start with layers of matte black conchiolin. It looks like black plastic and if you were to wear a reddish pearl away that had this black base then you would definitely get a change in color. |