| recently I bought a strand of 10mm "Tahitian" pearls from a guy in Texas, (who sounded Chinese!), for a very cheap price.
They are gorgeous.. but several experts here in Australia say they are either top quality Tahitians with no blemishes, or very good fakes, probably Chinese. These pearls are beautiful peacock colour with no tell-tale marks indicating that they are genuine Tahitian, but even after x rays, it is undecided whether they are freshwater or genuine Tahitian.
Any information on latest info on fake Tahitians would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Pamela |