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Hi all,

I just encountered an online shop selling "reborn keshi". What are these?
A post by Zeide a few days ago led me to think they are keshi produced in the empty pearl sack after the cultured pearl has been collected (thus reborn). Am I right?

I also saw another shop selling shell pearls. I knew it exists as I have seen a necklace of Tahiti "pearls" whose owner told me they were made of ground pearl nacre. I'm a bit perplex about the nature of these "pearls". Are they coated beads?

I have attached a few photos I gathered on the internet, one is from eBay (the seller name is on the pic), the other one from xaxe.com

[tinyfont]Pearls from the first pic look pretty much like a very well matched strand of highly reflective akoyas to me[/tinyfont]