The listing was removed by the time I got to it- the Pearl Police most likely.
Colors like that were not popular until the last 3-4 years.
I can see the peeling nacre of which Inge speaks. In my mind they are dyed pearl plated beads. The pearl plating may well be fake. I sincerely doubt they are Tahitians. My guess is low quality akoya--that is if Val101 is not right and they are fakes.
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Carolyn Ehret only offers a few strands per year, so they are extremely rare.
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And Carolyn's strands are not a marching row of identical round objects-they are usually rather off round to baroque.
The nacre is clearly peeling off the one in the center- so I doubt it would be freshwater, CFWP just don't look like that around the drilll hole. and they are never that round unless gem quality and even then there is a fudge factor in the roundness.
If Tahitian that is the first time I saw peeling nacre around the drill hole. That would be an illegal Tahitian- but I don't think it is one.