| Hi a customer came in to a shop that I work in the other day with two strands that her husband had bought when he was overseas. One was supposed to be akoya and the other was South Sea. You really could not tell them apart - same size, nearly same colour, lustre etc etc. The man had paid substantially more for the "south sea" strand (crazy I know!). I didn't measure the pearls but they were probably 8 - 9 mm - rather small for SS but I have heard you can get them that size.
Is it possible to tell the difference betweem akoya and SS?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Leigh |